A Whirlwind in Dublin: The Plough and the Stars Riots

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Robert Lowery has done an exceptionally fine editing job, providing a context where it is needed to identify people or explain the issues at hand. Statements are generally printed in their entirety. Their immediate--and sometimes--ironic relationships to one another are made clear, but readers may draw implications for themselves. A Whirlwind in Dublin is a valuable reference for the literary and social historian.-ILS
This scholarly work documents the controversy that surrounded the original presentation of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1926. Th editor provides useful introductions to the material and biographical notes about those involved. ... This short volume should prove useful in studying the relationship between theater and its social context and in examining the forces that lead to calls for censorship. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate theater collections.-Choice
"Robert Lowery has done an exceptionally fine editing job, providing a context where it is needed to identify people or explain the issues at hand. Statements are generally printed in their entirety. Their immediate--and sometimes--ironic relationships to one another are made clear, but readers may draw implications for themselves. A Whirlwind in Dublin is a valuable reference for the literary and social historian."-ILS
"This scholarly work documents the controversy that surrounded the original presentation of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1926. Th editor provides useful introductions to the material and biographical notes about those involved. ... This short volume should prove useful in studying the relationship between theater and its social context and in examining the forces that lead to calls for censorship. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate theater collections."-Choice

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