Radical Remembering: Contaminating Memory in the Works of Martin Lynch

• Main Author: Maguire, Tom
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: community theatre; Northern Irish drama; political theatre; social memory
• Online Access: 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
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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...