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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: TLRH | SCARF | The construction of the Disenfranchised Woman in Irish Theatre
Description: Monday, 7 February 2022, 10 – 11am
''Not in Flesh’: The Construction of the Disenfranchised Woman in Irish Theatre' a talk by Dr Salomé Paul (TCD) as part of the School of Creative Arts Research Forum, in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub.
This paper investigates the construction of the figure of the underprivileged woman in the Irish dramatic canon during the Revival movement through the examination of J.M. Synge’s theatre and its legacy on the contemporary stage.
Synge’s plays are considered among the most canonical plays in Irish theatre because they have outlined the constitutive features of archetypal characters still pop...