‘No comfort talking when there’s a man around’: Maura Laverty’s Tolka Row (1951) and a neglected tradition of popular drama at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
This essay presents a case for Maura Laverty’s play Tolka Row (1951) to be recognised as a highly-accomplished prototype of the soap opera in Ireland. It argues that Tolka Row is an important Irish iteration of a quintessentially modern form that swept across Europe and the rest of the world in tand...
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| Language: | English |
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European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Review of Irish Studies in Europe |
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| Online Access: | http://risejournal.eu/index.php/rise/article/view/2628/2121 |