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Glucksman
Ireland House |
Irish Theater in
America Glucksman Ireland House New York University 1 Washington Mews New York City |
Trinity College Dublin |
Conference Contact:
John P. Harrington, Rensselaer
Polytechnic
harrij2@rpi.edu
http://www.rpi.edu/~harrij2/ 518-276-6575
Thursday, April 27, 2006
NYU Deutsches Haus, 42 Washington Mews
3:00
pm Welcoming
remarks
3:15
Overview: Transatlantic Relations Chair: Peter Kuch, University
of New South Wales
Maureen Murphy, Hofstra University:
"From Scapegrace to Grásta: Popular Attitudes
and Stereotypes in Irish-American Drama."
4:00
Contemporary Drama Chair:
Charlotte Headrick, Oregon State University
Christopher Berchild, Indiana State
University, "Ireland Rearranged: Contemporary Irish Drama on the American
Stage"; Claire Gleitman, Ithaca Collage:
"'Three Bollocks in a Cell': Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and the
Power of Play."
5:00
Break
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7:00pm Keynote Address NYU Glucksman
Ireland House, 1 Washington Mews Chair: J. J. Lee, Glucksman
Chair of Irish Studies and Director of Ireland House, NYU |
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Mick Moloney NYU
Global Distinguished Professor of Music,2002-2007: "Harrigan and Hart: Irish America and the Birth of the
American Musical" |
Friday, April 28, 2006
NYU Glucksman
Ireland House, 1 Washington Mews
9:00
New Research and Young Scholars Chair:
Mary Caulfield, NYU
Deirdre McFeely, Trinity College Dublin,
"Between Two Worlds: Boucicault's The Shaughraun and
Its New York Audience"; Gwen Orel, University of
Pittsburgh, "Irish-American/Stage Irishman: Boucicault
in New York."
10:00
Old Worlds and New Chair:
Thomas W. Ihde, Lehman College CUNY
Peter Kuch, University of New South
Wales: "Kilkenny, Melbourne, New York -- George
Tallis and the Irish Theatre Diaspora."
11:00
New Worlds and Old Chair:
Nicholas Grene, Trinity College, Dublin
Lucy McDiarmid, Dorothy and Lewis B.
Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library: "Follow
the Money: The Abbey Players in Chicago and in Dublin."
12:00
Lunch
1:00
The Friel Phenomenon Chair:
John Waters, NYU
Nicholas Grene,
Trinity College, Dublin, "Faith Healer in New York and in
Dublin"; Patrick Lonergan, NUI Galway, "Dancing
at Lughnasa in America."
2:00
Exemplary Figures Chair:
Brian Cliff, Montclair State University
Joan Fitzpatrick Dean, University of Missouri-Kansas City:
"Mac Liammóir's Oscar and the American
Reclamation of Wilde"; John P. Harrington, Rensselaer Polytechnic:
"Beckett and America."
3:00
Overview: Transatlantic Relations Chair:
Declan Kiely, NYU
Christina H. Mahony, Catholic University
of America: "'The Irish Play' in America: Beyond the Generic?"
4:00
Panel: Press Perspectives Chair:
John P. Harrington
Belinda McKeon, The Irish Times;
Joseph Hurley, The Irish Echo and WBAI.
5:00
Roundtable Final Discussion and Closing
Revised April 11, 2006