Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960 (Hardcover, 2021)

1. Introduction: Cultural Convergence at Dublin’s Gate Theatre; Ond?ej Pilny (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), Ruud van den Beuken (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and Ian R. Walsh (NUI Galway, Ireland).- 2. The Internationalist Dramaturgy of Hilton Edwards and Micheal mac Liammoir; Joan FitzPatrick Dean (University of Missouri ? Kansas City, USA) and Radvan Markus (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic).- 3. Gearoid O Lochlainn: The Gate Theatre’s Other Irish-speaking Founder; Padraig O Siadhail (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada).- 4. The Transnational Roots of Key Figures from the Early Years of the Gate Theatre, Dublin; David Clare (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland) and Nicola Morris (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland).- 5. The Other Gates: Anglo-American Influences on and from Dublin; Charlotte Purkis (University of Winchester, UK).- 6. The Brothers ?apek at the Gate: R.U.R. and The Insect Play; Ond?ej Pilny (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic).- 7. Kismet: Hollywood, Orientalism and the Design Language of Padraic Colum’s Mogu of the Desert; Elaine Sisson (IADT, Dublin, Ireland).- 8. Prussian Discipline and Lesbian Vulnerability: Christa Winsloe’s Children in Uniform at the Gate; Yvonne Ivory (University of South Carolina, USA).- 9. ‘We belong to the world’: Christine Longford’s War Plays during Irish Neutrality; Erin Grogan (Texas Tech University, USA).