T.C. Murray, Dramatist: Voice of the Rural Ireland - Hardcover

by Albert Degiacomo (Author)

Drawing on the archives of libraries in Dublin, New York City, and Boston, Albert J. DeGiacomo assesses T. C. Murray's contribution to the Irish dramatic movement. One of "the Cork realists" of the Abbey Theatre, Murray wrote seventeen plays in one, two, or three acts. A prominent National Teacher and a seemingly apolitical playwright in the Irish Literary Revival, Murray expressed nationalistic aspirations in his peasant tragedies. His characters' drive for self-determination and their religious consciousness mark Murray's dramatic landscape.

Author Biography

Albert J. DeGiacomo is an assistant professor in the English and Theater Department at Berea College in Kentucky. His articles have appeared in Irish University Review and Éire-Ireland.