McAlinden, Gavin
(2022)
Mary Manning - A Life in Stages.
PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.
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Abstract
This thesis is an examination of the life and work of the playwright and novelist Mary Manning from when she first became active in 1924 until her death in 1999. I will examine her early plays at the Gate Theatre and her editorship of that theatre’s literary periodical, Motley. This thesis will also assess Manning’s involvement with the pioneering wave of Irish film enthusiasts who created the first exclusively Irish independent films. I will also consider Manning’s American work with her novel Mount Venus and the work she did with the experimental theatre company Poets’ Theatre. I will also examine the third and final phase of Manning’s career when she returned to Dublin to create work for the Abbey, Gate and Project stages. The thesis is capped by a report of a practical project I undertook to assess Manning’s significance with audiences today. Through the course of this thesis, I will attempt to assess Manning’s position in the Irish literary movement.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mary Manning, The Gate Theatre, Youths the Season?, The Poets' Theatre |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2023 15:58 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2023 15:59 |
| DOI: | 10.17638/03171308 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3171308 |
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