Issues of gender in the texts of Ulster theatre

Abstract

This thesis is neither a history nor an exact socio/political documentary of Ulster Theatre. However, within textual readings, both discourses are employed to examine issues of gender within a context of more familiar issues relating to Northern Ireland, colonialism and sectarianism. The thesis purports that patriarchy is intertwined within more perceptible hegemonies, all of which condition Ulster and its representation in theatre throughout the twentieth century