Sacred Play: Soul - Journeys In Contemporary Irish Theatre

Publication Date 24th, July, 2004

ISBN 1-904505-07-4

Cost €25.00

Theatre as a space or container for sacred play allows audiences to glimpse mystery and to experience transformation. This book charts how Irish playwrights negotiate the labyrinth of the Irish soul and shows how their plays contribute to a poetics of Irish culture that enables a new imagining. Playwrights discussed are: McGuinness, Murphy, Friel, Le Marquand Hartigan, Burke Brogan, Harding, Meehan, Carr, Parker, Devlin, and Barry.

Reviews

Sacred Play

Reviewed by : Anne Louise Gilligan

"This is a book of insight and imagination. It is a literary tour de force . . .to read Anne O'Reilly's analysis leaves one longing to return to theatre and to play. While the text is utterly readable, the ideas shared are profound . . One of the captivating aspects of this book is that, while it's about plays and stories, it also challenges the reader to rethink and re-imagine his/her own story. It is indeed a literary work of art".

About the Author(s)

Anne F. O'Reilly

Anne F. O'Reilly is a lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin. Her areas of interest include feminist philosophy, spirituality, literature and the sacred. She is a frequent contributor to journals, periodicals and other collections in both theology and literature. She was co-editor of Womanspirit: The Irish Journal of Feminist Spirituality. She received her doctorate in English Literature with a thesis on Irish Drama from NUI Galway. Other articles published in Carysfort Press collections explore the theatre of Tom Murphy and Frank McGuinness.

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