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- W2891908191 abstract "This thesis documents the theatre work of Walter Macken and establishes hiscontribution to Irish theatre as a playwright, actor and theatre manager. The work alsoprovides a view o f theatre in mid-twentieth century Ireland.The research examines his working life as an actor from 1933 when he joinedTaibhdhearc na Gaillimhe to his performance in film in 1962. The quality of hisperformances is examined, based on contemporary reviews by theatre critics andothers. It is shown that Macken was an actor within the Irish realistic tradition.He wrote his first play in the mid-1930s and had a total of 35 titles to his name beforehis early death in 1967. If we exclude all but his conventional plays, his unfinishedmusical, God's Own Country, and Recall the Years, scripted for the opening o f thenew Abbey Theatre in 1966, his total output is 21 plays including short plays.Each of the 21 plays is evaluated and discussed in detail, in order to clarify the rangeand variety o f M acken’s dramatic imagination, heretofore too often seen as limited.While the novels and short stories do not form the subject of this thesis, it will beshown that the plays are often based upon or relate to the fiction in theme, plot and/ orcharacterisation. The quality of his performed plays is discussed in the light ofcriticism by theatre critics writing at the time and the later opinions of other writers onmid-twentieth century Irish playwrights.Macken spent from 1939 until 1948 as manager of Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe. He wasthe second government nominee on the Abbey Board from 1965 until 1966. Duringthis time he was appointed to the positions of assistant manager and artistic adviserand held all three positions until his unexpected resignation in June 1966.The thesis concludes that as an actor Walter Macken was as much an artist as when hewrote plays or novels. As a playwright he has been seriously underrated and the rangeof his work under appreciated and in need of re-interpretation." @default.
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