Critical Moments: Fintan O'Toole on Modern Irish Theatre
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AcknowledgementsNote on the textIntroduction1Island protected by a bridge of glass7Scenes from an album8The silver dollar boys9The fabulous journey of Mac Con Glin10The informer11The hidden curriculum13Here are ladies14The communication cord15The golden hair18Pledges and promises18The great hunger20The Gigli concert21Horseman pass by23Bust25The diamond body26The interrogation of Ambrose Fogarty27The riot act29Northern star31Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme34Baglady36Conversations on a homecoming37Rise up lovely Sweeney39I'll go on42Callers43Wasters44Bailegangaire47Double cross50Studs53Ourselves alone55Cromwell56Brownbread58Pentecost60Somewhere over the balcony62Exit entrance63Sea urchins65Boss Grady's boys66Carthaginians67Bat the father, rabbit the son69Departed70Torchlight and laser bemas71Home72Una Pooka74Wild Harvest77King of the castle80Blood guilty83The trial of Esther Waters85The lament for Arthur Cleary86La Corbiere87War87Blinded by the light91Dancing at Lughnasa93The siege of Derry Pageant98The sinking of the Titanic101Poor beast in the rain101The cure at Troy102The holy ground and in high Germany106Prayers of Sherkin109Wonderful Tennessee112Brothers of the brush115I know my own heart118At the black pig's dyke121The last Apache reunion123Asylum! asylum!126True lines128The Mai128Chamber music131Hidden charges133Danti-Dan135A little like paradise137Hard to believe140Red roses and petrol142Sick, dying, dead, buried, out145April bright147The steward of Christendom150The ginger ale boy152Monkey155A night in November157The beauty queen of Leenane159The gay detective162Portia Coughlan164True lines and double helix167Strawberries in December169In a little world of our own172Catalpa174Mrs Sweeney176The Leenane trilogy179The cripple of Inishmaan183The weir184Lovers at Versailles186Ariel188Famine191The sanctuary lamp193A whistle in the dark196Nightshade197I do not like thee, Doctor Fell198Hatchet200Summer202A crucial week in the life of a grocer's assistant204Talbot's box206Big Maggie208The gentle island211Waiting for Godot213The death and resurrection of Mr. Roche216Aristocrats220Faith healer223Sharon's grave226The field229The loves of Cass McGuire231Da234Sive236Frank pig says hello238Happy days242The hostage246Philadelphia, here I come!252Translations259The myth of our renaissance267Banking on miracles270Revivals touched by the mood of the eighties274Overturning a favourite theme277Into the 90s: setting the stage for an exciting, dizzying decade280Right and wrong roles for theatre design283What is really new about the new wave285Double worlds288The Field Day Anthology of Irish writing292I'm relieved I was wrong294Hugh Leonard297Tom Murphy299Brian Friel302Samuel Beckett307Thomas Kilroy310Sebastian Barry313Song of the white man's Burden319Too much too young320Return to the hill322The business of blood323from Lack of access to arts goes to the heart of poverty trap325A picture of paradise325He left quietly328Putting my prejudices on the table331from The golden rule is that there is no golden rule333from If this is criticism, I want my old job back337In conversation with Redmond O'Hanlon341Afterword379Index385
