Index
‘37’ Theatre Club 144, 146–147
#MeToo 245
#WakingTheFeminists 267, 273, 275, 280, 293, 304
Abbey Experimental Theatre 136–137, 144
Abbey School of Acting 146
Abbey Theatre 5–6, 12, 15, 20, 24, 26, 29–30, 42–51, 65–66, 77–79, 81, 83, 85–86, 94, 99, 106, 112, 124, 131, 133–135, 137–139, 141–147, 149–150, 176, 178, 181, 195, 197, 222, 227, 243–247, 250–255, 257, 264, 266, 268, 270, 274, 304, 314
All on a Sunny Day 145
Anglo-Irish Treaty 81
Anomalies 135
archives 23–25, 58–60, 62–64, 67–69, 71–73, 77, 92–93, 96, 108–109, 111, 113, 275
Aronson, Jack 146
Arts Theatre, Cambridge 246
Arts Theatre, Dublin 144
atmosphere 25, 70, 105, 118, 123, 139, 141, 228, 255
Beckett, Samuel 278
Behan, Brendan 147
Bernadette Players 145
Blythe, Ernest 51, 66, 79, 136, 143, 227
bodies 19, 27–28, 129, 139, 177, 179, 181–182, 185–187, 189, 191, 193–196, 198, 202, 208, 221, 247, 256, 299
Brady, Erina 144
Brennan, Denis 146
Broadway 42
Bunreacht na hÉireann 206–208, 249, 268, 294, 298, 311–312
Article 41 65, 206, 208, 234, 311
canon 20–23, 25, 29, 92, 183, 244–245, 258, 266, 276
Carroll, Paul Vincent 99
Cathleen Ni Houlihan. See Kathleen Ni Houlihan
Catholic x, 26, 42, 45, 48, 51, 53, 57, 65, 81, 83, 99, 101, 123, 125–129, 205–206, 208, 216, 238, 295–296
Cheasty, James 9, 11, 16, 19, 26, 45, 71, 133, 147–148
Chekhov, Anton 4, 50, 52, 83–84, 129, 178, 219, 250
children 5, 30, 45, 48–49, 101, 158, 163, 177, 182–183, 197, 209, 232, 235, 237, 249, 280, 295, 297, 305–306, 308–309, 315
Churchill, Caryl 197
Clarke, Austin 144
class xi, 1, 30, 80, 82, 88, 100, 158–159, 211, 257, 305, 308
Cogley, Désirée Bannard 50, 135–136, 144, 148
collections management 24, 59–60, 63, 72
comedy 84, 127, 130, 245, 250, 253, 256
Connolly, James xxi
control 85, 93, 208, 215, 219, 229–230, 236, 247, 254, 312
Cork Deaf Community Choir 18
costume 2, 82, 94, 163, 179, 244, 254–256, 268
Cumman na nGaedheal 207
Cusack, Cyril 144
D’Alton, Louis 146
dance/dancing 185, 194–195, 197, 209, 217, 283
d/Deaf 23, 30, 270, 276, 279–280, 285, 291–294, 297, 301, 304, 306, 308–310, 312–313, 315
deaf 168, 276, 281, 285, 291, 293–298, 306–307, 312. See also d/Deaf
Deaf 16, 30, 168, 267–268, 270, 280, 285, 289–290, 293–294, 298, 301, 304. See also d/Deaf
deafened x, xii, 6, 23, 26, 30, 48, 65, 128, 168, 177, 197, 291–292, 312–314
de Beauvoir, Simone 28, 158, 202, 205, 210
de Valois, Ninette 137
Deevy Clarke, Miriam 45, 47–48
Deevy, Edward 1, 94, 106, 110, 112
Deevy, Jack 44, 47, 53, 91, 96, 124
Deevy, Josie 8, 48, 97–98, 109
Deevy, Nell x, 6–9, 47–48, 94, 97, 106, 108–109, 124, 140, 142, 147, 285, 291
Deevy, Noleen 96
Devoy, Chris. 108
dialogue 8, 22, 28, 31–32, 50–51, 71, 83, 103, 106, 126–127, 176, 202, 213, 217, 247, 251, 257
disability 22, 94, 128, 267, 270, 315
Disability Awareness Week 290
Disciple, A 5–6, 15, 146, 238, 249
diversity 22–23, 58, 63, 72, 166, 310
domestic service 27, 158–159, 208, 214
domestic space 28, 65, 182–183, 185, 201, 206–207, 214, 247
domesticated Irish woman 27, 201–202, 208, 211, 213–214, 217–218, 220–221
Donaghy, Lyle 135
dramaturgy 23, 26–27, 29, 31–32, 71, 84, 133, 176–177, 179, 183, 187–190, 195–197, 202, 213, 233, 251–252
Dublin Dance Theatre Club 144
Dublin Jewish Dramatic Society 135
Dublin Little Theatre Guild 136
Dublin Magazine 79, 84, 139, 144
Dublin Marionette Group 144
Dublin Opinion 82
Dublin School of Acting 6, 146
Dublin Theatre of the Deaf xii, 15, 17–19, 30, 69, 276, 284, 290, 308
Dublin University Modern Language Society 144
Dublin University Players 144
Dublin Verse Speaking Society 145
Dunne, Caoilfhionn 256
Dunne, Seán 12, 24, 44, 46–47, 51–52, 91, 96
Earlsfort Players 144
ellipsis/ellipses 103, 106, 119–120, 124
epiphany 27, 120, 127, 214, 219
equality 58, 72, 179, 204, 215, 249, 270, 310, 312, 315
exclusion 20, 53, 62, 79, 93, 232
expressionism/expressionist 27, 30, 103, 147, 178, 197, 245, 250–251, 253, 255–256, 274, 281
Faul, Denis 60
feminist 18, 176–177, 180, 182, 187, 197, 204, 258, 280
Finding of the Ball, The 103
Firstborn, The 25, 92, 97–98, 100, 103, 105, 107, 110
Fitzsimons, Patrick 136
Fornés, Maria Irene 197
Forristal, Desmond 60
Fortune Society 144
Foucault, Michel 28, 202, 213, 216
French Sign Language 295
Friel, Brian 218
Friel, Judy 12, 29, 176, 178, 181, 249, 251–252
Funge, Josephine 147
Funge, Patrick 147
Gaiety School of Acting xx
Gaiety Theatre 146
Garter Lane Arts Centre 12, 14
gender 158–159, 182, 202, 204, 211, 213–214, 218, 221, 249, 257
gesture 31–32, 138, 167, 213, 253, 272, 285–286, 292, 315
Gifford, Sidney 203
Going Beyond Alma’s Glory 18, 105, 188
Goode, D.V. 91, 96, 98, 100, 103–105, 107–113
Granta, The 246
Gregory, Augusta x, 20, 43, 52, 81, 247, 263
Hackett, Florence 6–8, 26, 50, 94–95, 97, 106, 118, 121, 133, 135, 137–142, 145
Higgins, Fredrick R. 143
Hogan, Robert 44
Holloway, Joseph 246
Horniman, Annie 134
Ibsen, Henrik 178, 180, 182–183, 250
A Doll’s House 274
identity 26, 28, 94, 111–112, 128, 203, 214, 228–232, 234, 249, 253–255, 265
Ilsley-McCabe Productions 146
Imagine Arts Festival 16
In Search of Valour 6, 146, 245, 249–250
In the Cellar of My Friend 11, 15, 25–26, 117–120, 122–123, 125, 127, 129, 148, 184, 186
Inghinidhe na hÉireann 134, 203
Irish Academy of Letters 9, 49
Irish Civil War 65, 81, 87, 179
Irish Constitution. See Bunreacht na hÉireann
Irish Language Theatre of Ireland 134
Irish Monthly 58
Irish National Magazine 230, 236
Irish National Theatre Society 134
Irish PEN 7
Irish Players 138
Irish Press 145
Irish Sign Language 16, 18, 29–30, 72, 269, 276, 280, 284, 289, 291
women’s sign 30, 269, 285, 296, 298
Irish Times xv, 65, 82–83, 229
Irish Women’s Writing Network 19
Irish Writing 49
Ja-rim, Kim 18
Jordan, John 10, 43–45, 49, 78, 80, 82, 186, 188
Journal of Irish Literature 12, 91
Dubliners 157
‘Eveline’ 27, 159–160, 163–164
Ulysses 157
Kathleen Ni Houlihan 81, 86, 135
Katie Roche 5, 12, 14, 16, 25, 82, 122, 128, 158, 176, 181, 183–187, 201, 206–209, 211, 218, 221, 229, 236, 243–245, 247–251, 254–258, 265–266, 273–274, 281, 283
Kavanagh, Patrick 49
King of Spain’s Daughter, The 5, 12, 14–16, 26–27, 30, 43, 82, 94, 101, 117–118, 120, 122, 127, 137–139, 160, 163, 165–166, 179, 183–185, 187, 219, 221, 238, 245, 267–268, 270, 276, 283, 293, 298
Kirkwood Hackett, Eveline 135
La Hija del Rey de España 15
Landscape (house) 1, 6–7, 11, 44, 46–48, 71, 96, 106, 117
language 7, 28, 30–32, 46, 51, 68–69, 104–105, 111, 119, 124, 127–129, 167, 184, 202, 206, 208, 210–211, 213, 221, 234, 255, 268–270, 281–282, 284
Lantern Theatre 147
Laverty, Maura 18
Le Fanu, Sheridan 2
Let Us Live 25, 92, 97, 99–101, 104, 107
Light Falling xxii, 5–6, 16, 26, 50, 118, 123, 128, 137, 145, 177, 183–184, 186, 188, 192
liminality 24, 179, 184, 230–231, 233, 236–237
lip-reading x, 4, 9, 48, 84, 124, 250, 282, 312
Lodwick, John 135
Longford, Christine 6
Longford, Edward 146
Longford Productions 140, 144–146
Lorde, Audre 197
Lyric Theatre Company 144
MacCarthy, B.G. 145
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Magdalen Commission Scheme 254
Manning, Mary 135
marginalisation xii, 16, 60–61, 93, 238
marriage 99, 101–102, 120, 161–162, 165–166, 169, 178, 184, 192, 195, 208–209, 211–215, 219, 227, 232, 234, 247, 256
material 19, 21, 25–28, 44, 46, 59–60, 64, 66, 69–70, 72–73, 77–78, 82, 85, 92, 109, 111, 118, 133, 135, 142, 168, 176–178, 181, 185–198, 205, 232–233, 281–282
Maynooth University 96, 109, 112, 133, 291
Maynooth University Library 24, 57, 92
McLaren, Graham 273
Meldon, Maurice 147
Mellone, Dora 203
Ménière’s disease 4, 11, 46, 48, 68, 168, 313
meta-audience 27, 177, 194–196
meta-theatre 194
Miller, Liam 147
Milligan, Alice 135
Mint Theater 13–14, 19, 30, 96, 117, 188
Moiseiwitsch, Tanya 140
Molière 145
Moylan, Jo 148
Murray, Neil 273
museum theatre 244
mysticism 26, 123–125, 128–129
na gCopaleen, Myles 49
National Library of Ireland 45, 92, 117
National Theatre Society 134
New York Theatre Guild 138
Nic Shiubhlaigh, Máire 134
O’Casey, Seán x, xx, 51, 137, 155, 178, 181
O’Connor, Frank 43, 49–50, 94, 141, 149
O’Connor, P.J. 6
Ó’Faoláin, Seán 49
O’Flaherty, Liam 49
O’Gorman, W. 6
O’Herlihy, Michael 146
Ok-joo, Jean 18
O’Leary, Liam 136
Ó Lochlainn, Gearóid 136
O’Meadhra, Seán 136
One Look and What It Led To 18, 26, 125–128, 184, 195
open access xiv, 23–24, 58, 60
oppression 28, 30, 63, 183, 268–270, 278, 298, 300, 303–304, 306–311
Orion Productions 146
Ormond Dramatic Society 134
O’Sullivan, Seamus 94
O’Toole, T.D. 109
paratextual elements 100, 102, 109
Parks, Suzan-Lori 197
Patmore, Coventry 203
patriarchal 16, 18, 26, 28, 141, 164, 208, 210, 219, 229, 235–236, 239, 249, 252, 269
Peacock Theatre 15, 50, 294, 300
physicality 28, 181, 193–194, 202, 211–213, 221
Pike Theatre Club 144, 146–147
power 21, 24, 31, 60–61, 68–69, 85, 93, 99, 104, 155, 167–168, 177, 182, 187, 197, 209, 211, 215, 219, 229–230, 233, 235–237, 247–248, 250, 254–255, 257–258, 311
Practice and Precept 25, 92, 97, 100, 102, 104
Project Arts Centre 268
radio x, 6–7, 21–22, 26, 49–50, 64, 66, 92, 98–100, 103, 105–106, 108, 110, 113, 124, 131–133, 140–142, 145–146, 149, 177, 188, 191–192, 194–198, 281
Radio Éireann 145
Raidió Teilifís Éireann 86
realism 18, 27, 104, 106, 122, 178–180, 183, 197, 245, 255
Reapers 5, 24, 77–88, 95, 101, 105, 112, 137, 178
Red Kettle Theatre Company xviii
Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse 254
representation 24, 27–28, 64, 68, 73, 81, 167, 201–204, 207–211, 213, 221, 253
Richards-Walsh Productions 144
Robinson, Dolly 142
Robinson, Lennox 8, 20, 43, 45, 48, 50, 78, 85, 88, 94, 103, 135, 178, 264
Ryan, Mary 47
Ryan Report. See Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
scenography 32, 179, 251, 255, 257–258
Shakespeare, William
As You Like It 2
The Taming of the Shrew 273
Shange, Ntozake 197
In Good King Charles’ Golden Days 145
Saint Joan 147
Sheehy-Skeffington, Hanna 203
Shields, Arthur 85
sign language 285–286, 291–292, 294, 296–297, 302, 305, 309, 314–315
silence 25, 51, 53, 103, 119–120, 128, 156, 162, 167, 169, 217, 219, 221, 232, 247, 250–251, 283, 302
Simone, Nina 270
Simpson, Alan 146
Sinn Féin 5
Smith School of Acting 148
Smith, Terence 48
Solomons, Estella 94
space 134–135, 164, 175, 177, 180, 182–185, 187, 189, 197, 202, 207, 213–216, 219, 221, 228–232, 237, 247–248, 250, 252, 254–257, 281
St John of the Cross 126–127, 129
St Mary’s School for Deaf Girls 295, 297, 308
St Teresa of Ávila 126
St Thérèse of Lisieux 126
stage directions 28, 120–121, 138–139, 176, 178–179, 189, 191, 202, 212, 215–217, 219, 234, 247, 251, 282–285
stage properties 27, 92, 179, 191
Staunton, Helen 49
Stephens, James 49
Strange Birth 14, 117, 177, 182, 186, 188, 191–193
‘Strange People’ 49
Studio Theatre Club 10, 50, 135, 144, 147–148
studio theatre practice 26, 132, 134, 136, 144, 149
subtext 32, 52, 138, 213, 232, 257
Suitcase under the Bed, The 14, 117
Supreme Dominion 11, 26, 46, 124–125, 128, 148
Swift, Carolyn 146
Swift, Jonathan 313
The Playboy of the Western World 164
The Shadow of the Glen 247
syntax 25, 119, 127–128, 185, 274, 276
Talk Real Fine, Just Like a Lady 15–16, 30, 270, 290, 294, 308
Temporal Powers xi, 5, 13, 15, 91, 99, 104, 137, 178–179, 181, 183–187, 192, 195, 197, 265
Teresa Deevy Archive 24–25, 52, 64, 66, 69, 72–73, 77, 91, 108, 112, 291
Travellers 304
Tribute: The Teresa Deevy Story
Troy, Una 107
University College Dublin Dramatic Society 144
Unseen Plays 16
violence 18, 26, 166, 182, 211
Walsh, Michael 144
War of Independence 65, 81, 87, 312
Waterford Drama Circle 148
Waterford Dramatic Society 140
Waterloo Road 10, 48, 71, 108, 142, 147
Watermans Arts Centre 12
Weekly Examiner 109
Wertenbaker, Timberlake 197
Westby, Gerard 107
widowhood 28, 227–228, 230–232, 234, 236–239
Wife to James Whelan ix, 6, 10, 12, 25–26, 28, 49, 104, 118, 121–122, 131, 143, 145–147, 227–229, 231–232, 234–238, 245, 266
Wild Goose, The 5, 16, 137, 141
Wilton, Ernest 138
Within a Marble City 16, 18, 188
women playwrights 22, 42, 52, 169, 201, 263
Women Writers’ Club 8
Women’s Personality Parade 80
World War II 98
Yeats, William B. x, xx, 24, 43, 50–51, 77–79, 81, 85, 135, 141