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James Moran

Associate Professor in Drama, Faculty of Arts

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Expertise Summary

MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge)

Twentieth-century literature and theatre; nineteenth-century literature and theatre; Irish drama; British drama.

Research Summary

My research is primarily concerned with the literature and drama of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. My monograph Staging the Easter Rising (2005) explores the connections between theatre and… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

My research is primarily concerned with the literature and drama of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. My monograph Staging the Easter Rising (2005) explores the connections between theatre and politics, and was reviewed as 'a brave, confident book' in the Times Literary Supplement and as a 'terrific read' in the Irish Times. I also edited Four Irish Rebel Plays (2007), a volume described as 'fascinating' by Books Ireland and by Studies in Theatre and Performance. My latest monograph, Irish Birmingham: A History (2010), has been published by Liverpool University Press and reviewed as follows in the Irish Times: 'Even if you have no ties with Birmingham, if you are interested in culture or history, you'll enjoy Irish Birmingham: A History...Moran is a splendid writer, and a very engaging one'.

My current research projects include work on the plays of Seán O'Casey, the 'regional' dimension of literary modernism, and the history of theatrical riots. I also deliver the monthly books feature on BBC Radio Nottingham.

  • MORAN, JAMES, 2011. Inglorious Death: Sebastian Barry's 'On Canaan's Side'. The Tablet. 265(8 October), 27
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2011. Questions of Trust. The Tablet. 265(21 May), 22
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2011. Rosie Garner, The Rain Diaries. Times Literary Supplement. 5670 (2 December), 27
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2010. Review of 'A History of the Media in Ireland'. Studies in Theatre and Performance. 30(3), 364-67
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2010. Smart, Uncertain. The Tablet. 264(18 September), 33
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2010. 'Hegemony and Fantasy' Review. Theatre Research International. 79-80
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2010. Irish Birmingham: A History. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2010. Concrete Proof. Dublin Review of Books.
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2010. Meditations in Time of Civil War: Shaw in Production between 1919 and 1924. Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies. 30, 147-160
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2009. Gift of the Ambiguous Gab. The Tablet. 263(25 July), 10-11
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2009. Review of 'Modernism, Drama, and the Audience for Irish Spectacle'. Modern Drama. 52(1), 138-140
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2008. Green Man. Times Literary Supplement. 5493(11 July), 24
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2008. Swallowed by the Shopping Centre. Dublin Review of Books.
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2008. Ireland in the Heart of England. The Tablet. 262(15 March), 14-15
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2008. New York Diary: A Night at the Theatre. Dublin Review of Books.
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2008. Making theatre in Northern Ireland. Theatre Research International. 33(01), 101-103
  • MORAN, JAMES, ed., 2007. Four Irish Rebel Plays. Dublin : Irish Academic Press.
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2006. 'The Field Day Anthology' and the impossibility of Roger Casement.. In: THOMPSON, H., ed., The current debate about the Irish literary canon: essays reassessing 'The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing'. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press. 219-233
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2006. Arms and the churchman. The Tablet. 260(11 March), 20-21
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2005. Staging the Easter Rising: 1916 as Theatre. Cork: Cork University Press.
  • MORAN, JAMES, 2004. Being Sir Rogered: George Bernard Shaw and the Irish rebel. In: ALEXANDER, N., MURPHY, S. and OAKMAN, A., eds., To the other shore: cross-currents in Irish and Scottish Studies. Belfast: Cló Ollscoil na Banríona. 128-136

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