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The 2010 Programme for the Synge Summer School is now available on http://www.syngesummerschool.org/

SYNGE SUMMER SCHOOL 2010 FULL PROGRAMME  

Programme updated on 19 April, 2010

The programme may be subject to minor changes; these will be announced online and participants will be informed by email

Thursday 1 July

12.00 – 13.30: Registration, Avondale House.

13.30: Greeting

14.00 – 15.30:  Anne Fogarty, "I met a fool i' the forest": James Joyce and the Legacy of Synge

16.00 – 17.30:  Shaun Richards, 'Space as Form and Theme in Irish Drama'

19.00: Informal Evening for all participants and speakers Venue: Jacobs Well, Rathdrum

Friday 2 July

9.30 – 11.00 – Seminars: Northern Irish Drama/ The plays of Synge

11.30-13.00 – Seminars: Violence in Irish Drama / Synge and Contemporary Irish Drama

14.00 – 15.30: Christopher Murray, 'The Outsider and the Pastoral in Irish Drama from Synge to Barry'

16.00 – 17.30: Irish Writers in Conversation: details to be confirmed.

20.00: Performance at Mermaid Arts Centre: The Parting Glass by Dermot Bolger (world premiere)  

Saturday 3 July

9.30 – 11.00 – Seminars: Irish Women’s Drama/ Synge and Contemporary Irish Drama 

11.30-13.00 – Seminars: Northern Irish Drama/ The plays of Synge

14.00 – 15.30: Graham Saunders, 'The Beckettian World of Sarah Kane'.

16.00 – 17.30: Mark Phelan, ‘Fair Play Synge’

 20.00: Reading by Patrick McCabe in Brockagh Centre, Laragh

Sunday 4 July

14.00 – 15.30: Patrick Lonergan, “The Chap That Writes Like Synge” – Shakespeare and the Irish Theatre.

16.00 – 17.30: Lisa Fitzpatrick, “Women Writing Violence:  Rape, Murder and Mayhem on the Contemporary Irish Stage”

18.00: Closing of School (venue Avondale House)

If you have queries about the programme, please feel free to contact Patrick Lonergan, the Director of the School at patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie