Irish Shakespeares: Gender, Sexuality, and Performance in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

Irish Shakespeares explores performances, adaptations, and appropriations of Shakespeare in Irish theatrical contexts, and how they articulate concerns and conversations about gender and sexual politics. This book is the first full-length study to investigate Irish uses and appropriations in Shakespeare performance history and practice.In doing so the book demonstrates the distinctive nature of writing about Irish Shakespeare performance, in that it sits within and across multiple theoretical frameworks and paradigms.It primarily focuses on theatrical work in the Republic of Ireland, as well as performances of Shakespeare by Irish practitioners in English theatres, during a time of legislative, biopolitical, and social change and upheaval on the island of Ireland (2014-2022).Irish Shakespeares illustrates Irish Shakespeare performance as a valuable site for exploring and embodying notions, performances, and ideas of gender, sexuality, and national identity.It does not claim to be the l