Oxford University Press, Goldsmith's College and the Institute of English Studies

Book Launch

Ben Levitas:  


The Theatre of the Nation - Irish Drama and Cultural Nationalism 
1890 - 1916 (Oxford University Press, 2002)

5.30pm, Wednesday, 15 January 2003, Institute of English Studies, Senate House: Room 329/330:
panel discussion and reply by Ben Levitas, followed by a reception in the Common Room. 

Panel consists of:  Roy Foster, Clair Wills and Norman Vance

All welcome without charge.   Kindly RSVP to Joanne Nixon at  ies@sas.ac.uk by Tuesday 9 January 2003.  

Ben Levitas is a Lecturer in Drama, Goldsmiths' College, University of London. The Theatre of Nation is a study of the development of the theatre movement and its relationship to political change in Ireland during the pre-revolutionary period. Ben Levitas traces the connections between Irish drama and Irish politics, and concludes that Ireland's theatre had a pivotal role to play in the controversies of its time and in the coming revolution.


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