Irish Theater: Raw Bones and Poetry
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Reviews the role and influence of Irish dramatists on the British drama, which opened it from 19th century Victorian moralizing theater to the modern theater of people's daily life in the 20th century. Portrays the influences of prominent Irish playwrights George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats, Sean O'Casey, J. M. Synge, and D. H. Lawrence in rediscovering a national identity, language, and power struggle. Features commentary by novelist Edna O'Brien; playwrights David Hare, Sean O'Casey, and Tom Stoppard; actors Stephen Rea, Liam Neeson, and Fiona Shaw; and Treasa Ni Fhatharta, curator of Synge House. Hosted by Sir Richard Eyre.
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