The Genocide and the Rising: Drama withstanding the past

This essay proposes a comparative analysis of the plays Exile in the cradle (2003), by Lorne Shirinian, which dramatizes the Armenian genocide (1915), and The Patriot Game (1991), by Tom Murphy, which revives the Irish insurrection known as Easter Rising (1916), focusing on their female characters,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claudia Parra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Studi Irlandesi
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/article/view/7319