Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch

Martin Lynch has been prominent in the practice of community theatre in Northern Ireland through works like The Stone Chair and The Wedding Community Play and his role as founding Chair of Belfast’s Community Arts Forum. This essay argues, however, that in his work as a playwright engaged in staging...

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Main Author: Maguire, Tom
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-11862024-12-16T06:24:03Z Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch Maguire, Tom Martin Lynch has been prominent in the practice of community theatre in Northern Ireland through works like The Stone Chair and The Wedding Community Play and his role as founding Chair of Belfast’s Community Arts Forum. This essay argues, however, that in his work as a playwright engaged in staging the remembered histories of Belfast’s working class, it is possible to regard him as a radical playwright. Locating Lynch in the tradition of John McGrath’s popular theatre allows his work to be seen as both recovering working class experience and, crucially, probing mythologies that have justified and perpetuated political violence. The paper is focused particularly on two of Lynch’s most recent works: Holding Hands at Paschendale (2006) and The Long Kesh Chronicles (2009). 2024-12-16T05:55:07Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss15/4 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1186 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1186/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n15_2010_5D_203.2_ForumKritika_Maguire.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo community theatre Northern Irish drama political theatre social memory
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topic community theatre
Northern Irish drama
political theatre
social memory
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Northern Irish drama
political theatre
social memory
Maguire, Tom
Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch
description Martin Lynch has been prominent in the practice of community theatre in Northern Ireland through works like The Stone Chair and The Wedding Community Play and his role as founding Chair of Belfast’s Community Arts Forum. This essay argues, however, that in his work as a playwright engaged in staging the remembered histories of Belfast’s working class, it is possible to regard him as a radical playwright. Locating Lynch in the tradition of John McGrath’s popular theatre allows his work to be seen as both recovering working class experience and, crucially, probing mythologies that have justified and perpetuated political violence. The paper is focused particularly on two of Lynch’s most recent works: Holding Hands at Paschendale (2006) and The Long Kesh Chronicles (2009).
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author Maguire, Tom
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title Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch
title_short Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch
title_full Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch
title_fullStr Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch
title_full_unstemmed Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch
title_sort radical remembering: contaminating memory in the works of martin lynch
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2024
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss15/4
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1186/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n15_2010_5D_203.2_ForumKritika_Maguire.pdf
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