This monograph provides the first sustained, chronological account of Northern Irish police officers’ representation in theatre. Importantly, its scope comprises a critical period of national and organisational development, beginning with the Partition of Ireland in 1921 and the founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) one year later in 1922. It progresses through the relevant theatrical and historical events of the century, through the period after the RUC’s dissolution and replacement with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in 2001, and concludes in 2021 to coincide with the centenary of Partition. As such, this project is distinctive in its ability to trace paradigm shifts in perceptions of the police over time, as they intersect with relevant historical events and milestones of political conflict in the province.
Author(s): T. W. Saunders
Series: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 293
City: Cham
Acknowledgements
Praise for New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
(Northern) Irish Theatre
Policing and Performance
An Abridged History of Policing in Northern Ireland
Duty (1913), by Seumas O’Brien
References
Chapter 2: 1921–1950
The Retrievers (1924), by George Shiels
Thomas Carnduff: The Blue-Coated Poet
Collecting the Rent (1937), by Hugh Quinn
The End House (1944), by Joseph Tomelty
The Drums Are Out (1948), by John Coulter
References
Chapter 3: 1950–1969
Ballyfarland’s Festival (1953), by St John Ervine
The Long Sorrow (1961), by Tomás Coffey
References
Chapter 4: 1969–1980
We Do It For Love (1975), by Patrick Galvin
I’m a Dreamer Montreal (1979), by Stewart Parker
17/2: Interrogation in the 1970s
References
Chapter 5: 1980–1990
The Interrogation of Ambrose Fogarty (1982), by Martin Lynch
Rat in the Skull (1984), by Ron Hutchinson
Lily (1984), by Shane Connaughton
Remembrance (1984), by Graham Reid
Policing the Peripheries: Pentecost (1987), by Stewart Parker, and The Belle of the Belfast City (1989), by Christina Reid
Carthaginians (1988), by Frank McGuinness (The Burning Balaclava)
References
Chapter 6: 1990–2001
Pygmies in the Ruins (1991), by Ron Hutchinson
Forced Upon Us (1999), by Brenda Murphy and Christine Poland
The Force of Change (2000), by Gary Mitchell
Collusion
References
Chapter 7: 2001–2021
Patten
A Cold House (2003), by Brian Campbell and Laurence McKeown, and Theatre of Witness
To Be Sure (2007), by Tim Loane
Love, Billy (2013), by Graham Reid
Meeting at Menin Gate (2013), by Martin Lynch
Crows on the Wire (2013), by Jonathan Burgess
Green & Blue (2016), by Laurence McKeown
References
Chapter 8: Conclusion
References
Acronyms
Chronology
Appendix A: An Abridged History of Policing in Ireland
References
Bibliography
Index
