This book examines experimental Irish theatre that ran counter to the naturalistic 'peasant' drama synonymous with Irish playwriting. Focusing on four marginalised playwrights after Yeats, it charts a tradition linking the experimentation of the early Irish theatre movement with the innovation of contemporary Irish and international drama.

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IAN R. WALSH Graduate of University College Dublin, Ireland, where he completed his doctoral research and where he is now a Lecturer in the School of English, Drama and Film. He has also worked as a theatre reviewer and as a freelance director of Theatre and Opera.

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Introduction Acknowledgements An Irish Theatre Laboratory: Experimental Contexts Experiments in Representation: Jack B. Yeats Experiments in Gender: Elizabeth Connor Experiments in Verse: Donagh MacDonagh Experiments in Theatre: Maurice Meldon Continuing Experimentation Notes Select Bibliography Index