Author: Edwards, Philip
Title: Threshold Of A Nation - A Study In English And Irish Drama
Description: Cambridge University Press, 1979, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xiv+264pp, 4pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a slightyl rubbed and yellowed dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0521224632 ¶ The book is in two halves - firstly : Analysis of the relationship between the English professional theatre & the English Court & State between 1572 - 1642. Then the book looks at the Legacy of this relationship & of Shakespeare in the drama of Yeats & the way in which Irish drama mirrors the nations tragic history.

Keywords: ISBN 0521224632, drama, theatre, literature, shakespeare, irish theatre, politics 0521224632