Performing Modernity : Culture and Experiment in the Irish Free State
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cultural Histories of Theatre and Performance
ISBN-10
1350258075
ISBN-13
9781350258075
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Methuen Drama
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 22nd, 2026
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
580 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 15.40 x 2.00 cms
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An exploration of modernism's influence on the bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, popular culture and design in the post-independent Irish Free State (1922-1937).
This book is an exploration of metropolitan bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, design and popular culture in the Irish Free State.
Were there flappers in Ireland? Was there really a Cabaret Club in Dublin in 1926? Using photographs, theatre and costume designs, letters, newspaper accounts, novels and other historical sources, Performing Modernity?offers a wholly new perspective on metropolitan life in the Irish Free State where people listen to jazz and go dancing, watch German Expressionist theatre, are interested in Soviet design, and attend pageants, cabarets and fancy dress balls.
The early years of Irish independence are often characterised as isolated and conservative as the country recovered from the effects of the Civil War. This book argues that there was also ambition and optimism among the citizens of the new State as they embraced the promise of modernity in theatre, film and popular culture during the 1920s and 1930s.
Were there flappers in Ireland? Was there really a Cabaret Club in Dublin in 1926? Using photographs, theatre and costume designs, letters, newspaper accounts, novels and other historical sources, Performing Modernity?offers a wholly new perspective on metropolitan life in the Irish Free State where people listen to jazz and go dancing, watch German Expressionist theatre, are interested in Soviet design, and attend pageants, cabarets and fancy dress balls.
The early years of Irish independence are often characterised as isolated and conservative as the country recovered from the effects of the Civil War. This book argues that there was also ambition and optimism among the citizens of the new State as they embraced the promise of modernity in theatre, film and popular culture during the 1920s and 1930s.
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