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Prof Patrick Lonergan

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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies
T: +353 91 49 2623
E: patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie
http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/patricklonergan/
 
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Biography

Professor Patrick Lonergan is Vice-Dean for Engagement and Student Recruitment in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, and he lectures in Drama, Irish Literature, and Music at the School of English and Creative Arts. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.  

He has edited or written eleven books on theatre and Irish literature, including Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era (winner of the 2008 Theatre Book Prize), The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh (Methuen Drama, 2012), Theatre and Social Media (2015) and Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950 (Bloomsbury, 2019). His next book, Theatre Revivals for the Anthropocene, will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, and other forthcoming publications include work on Shakespeare, Yeats, Synge, Joyce, and the history of blackface performance in nineteenth-century Ireland. 

He is on the board of directors of the Galway International Arts Festival, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation for Theatre Research, and is an Editorial Associate of Contemporary Theatre Review. For Methuen Drama, he is co-editor of the ‘Critical Companions’ series which has published new books on such dramatists as Friel, Murphy, Pinter, Beckett, Churchill, Hwang, and Ruhl, and on topics including disability theatre, verse drama, and the British and American stage musical.

He has lectured widely on Irish writing internationally, including recently in Princeton, Florence, Florianapolis (Brazil), Wroclaw, and Tokyo. He was the 2019 Burns Visiting Fellow for Irish Studies at Boston College, and is a member of the editorial board of Irish University Review. 

Research Interests

Irish literature, especially Irish theatre history. Theatre archives and archiving. Theatre ecologies, the Anthropocene, and Climate Change.  Shakespeare and Ireland. 

I am currently supervising PhDs on working class theatre in Ireland, the theatre of MJ Molloy, and the Gate Theatre. 

Current funded research projects include an IRC New Foundations project on Diversity and the Arts Festival, a Creative Europe project on multilingual theatre, and a teaching enhancement project on the canon and the curriculum. 

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
IRC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2020 CLARA MALLON: INVISIBLE IRELAND? PERFORMING AND REPRESENTING THE WORKING-CLASS IN IRISH THEATRE DURING THE CELTIC TIGER ERA 01-OCT-20 30-SEP-29
Druid Oral History project Patrick Lonergan 01-NOV-14 31-OCT-16
IRCHSS 2007 - 2010 (INT'L OF IRISH DRAMA 1975-2005 01-OCT-07 30-SEP-13
IRISHNESS AND SHAKESPEAREAN PERFORMANCE THEATRE, CULTURE, NATIONAL IDENTITY 01-OCT-14 30-SEP-20
PERFORMING NATION AND GLOBALISATION MODERN IRISH DRAMA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS PATRICK LONERGAN 01-OCT-12 30-APR-18
IRCHSS NEW AWARDS SCHEME PERFORMANCE NATION AND MODERNISATION PATRICK LONERGAN 01-DEC-11 17-MAY-13
IRCHSS SHAKESPEREAN PERFORAMANCE P LONERGAN 01-DEC-08 31-DEC-13
INTERNATIONALIZATION IRISH DRAMA1975-05 P LONERGAN 15-DEC-06 23-JUL-09

Books

  Year Publication
(2019) Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950.
Patrick Lonergan (2019) Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950. London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2015) Theatre & Social Media.
Patrick Lonergan (2015) Theatre & Social Media. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
(2014) театр и фильмы Мартина МакДонах.
Patrick Lonergan (2014) театр и фильмы Мартина МакДонах. Perm, Russia: Teatr U Mosta. [Details]
(2012) Patrick Lonergan, The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh. London: Methuen, 2012.
Patrick Lonergan (2012) Patrick Lonergan, The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh. London: Methuen, 2012. London: Methuen Drama. [Details]
(2009) Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era.
Patrick Lonergan (2009) Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era. UK: Palgrave Macmillan UK. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) '¿A Missile to the Future¿: The Theatre Ecologies of Caryl Churchill¿s Far Away on Spike Island'
Patrick Lonergan (2022) '¿A Missile to the Future¿: The Theatre Ecologies of Caryl Churchill¿s Far Away on Spike Island'. Journal Of Contemporary Drama In English, 10 (1) [DOI] [Details]
(2020) '‘It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home…’: Beckett as national performance'
Patrick Lonergan (2020) '‘It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home…’: Beckett as national performance'. Scene, 8 (1-2):73-90 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) '‘Now for Our Irish Wars’ – Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman and the Irish Dramatic Canon'
Patrick Lonergan (2020) '‘Now for Our Irish Wars’ – Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman and the Irish Dramatic Canon'. Contemporary Theatre Review, 30 (4):456-473 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) '‘A Twisted, Looping Form’: Staging Ella Hickson's _Oil_'
Patrick Lonergan (2020) '‘A Twisted, Looping Form’: Staging Ella Hickson's _Oil_'. Performance Research, 25 (2):38-44 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) '‘Great Joys Were My Share Always’: Ibsenite Echoes in Synge’s Deirdre of the Sorrows'
Patrick Lonergan (2017) '‘Great Joys Were My Share Always’: Ibsenite Echoes in Synge’s Deirdre of the Sorrows'. Journal Of Irish Studies, [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) 'Reviewing'
Patrick Lonergan (2015) 'Reviewing'. Contemporary Theatre Review, 25 (1):72-76 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) 'The lost and the lonely: Crisis in Three Plays by Enda Walsh'
Patrick Lonergan (2015) 'The lost and the lonely: Crisis in Three Plays by Enda Walsh'. Etudes Irlandaises, 40 (2):137-154 [Details]
(2012) 'I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair: Beckettian and Faustian Allusions in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus'
Lonergan, P (2012) 'I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair: Beckettian and Faustian Allusions in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus'. Anq-A Quarterly Journal Of Short Articles Notes And Reviews, 25 :24-30 [DOI] [Details]
(2012) 'I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair: Beckettian and Faustian Allusions in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus'
Lonergan, P (2012) 'I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair: Beckettian and Faustian Allusions in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus'. Anq-A Quarterly Journal Of Short Articles Notes And Reviews, 25 :24-30 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) '‘“I Found it Out By the Bogs”: Reviewing Shakespeare in Ireland’'
Patrick Lonergan (2010) '‘“I Found it Out By the Bogs”: Reviewing Shakespeare in Ireland’'. Shakespeare, 6 (3) [Details]
(2007) '“Rethinking Anti-Irish Stereotypes – Anthony Trollope’s Palliser Novels and Victorian Prejudice”'
Lonergan, P. (2007) '“Rethinking Anti-Irish Stereotypes – Anthony Trollope’s Palliser Novels and Victorian Prejudice”'. New Hibernia Review, 11 (2):116-129 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2005) 'Too Dangerous to be Done? – Martin McDonagh’s Lieutenant of Inishmore’'
Lonergan, P. (2005) 'Too Dangerous to be Done? – Martin McDonagh’s Lieutenant of Inishmore’'. Irish Studies Review, 13 (1):65-78 [Details]
(2004) 'Half-Hearted :Irish Theatre, 2003'
Patrick Lonergan (2004) 'Half-Hearted :Irish Theatre, 2003'. New Hibernia Review, 8 (2):142-151 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2004) 'The laughter will come of itself. The tears are inevitable: Martin McDonagh, globalization, and Irish theatre criticism'
Lonergan, P (2004) 'The laughter will come of itself. The tears are inevitable: Martin McDonagh, globalization, and Irish theatre criticism'. Modern Drama, 47 :636-658 [Details]
(2004) '‘The Laughter Will Come of Itself; the Tears are Inevitable’: Martin McDonagh, Globalization and Irish Theatre Criticism”'
Lonergan, P. (2004) '‘The Laughter Will Come of Itself; the Tears are Inevitable’: Martin McDonagh, Globalization and Irish Theatre Criticism”'. Modern Drama, 47 (4):636-658 [Details]
(2004) 'The representation of 'Phineas Finn': Anthony Trollope's Palliser series and Victorian Ireland'
Lonergan, P (2004) 'The representation of 'Phineas Finn': Anthony Trollope's Palliser series and Victorian Ireland'. Victorian Literature And Culture, 32 :147-158 [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2020) Rough Magic Theatre Company New Irish Plays and Adaptations, 2010-2018.
Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2020) Rough Magic Theatre Company New Irish Plays and Adaptations, 2010-2018 Rough Magic Theatre Company New Irish Plays and Adaptations, 2010-2018. London: Methuen Drama. [Details]
(2018) The Gate Theatre Dublin: Form and Pressure.
David Clare, Des Lally and Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2018) The Gate Theatre Dublin: Form and Pressure The Gate Theatre Dublin: Form and Pressure. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2007) Echoes Down the Corridor: Irish Drama - Past, Present and Futures.
Patrick Lonergan and Riana ODwyer (Ed.). (2007) Echoes Down the Corridor: Irish Drama - Past, Present and Futures Echoes Down the Corridor: Irish Drama - Past, Present and Futures. Dublin: Carysfort Press. [Details]
(2008) The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays.
Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2008) The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. [Details]
(2008) Interactions: Dublin Theatre Festival 1957-2007.
Nicholas Grene and Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2008) Interactions: Dublin Theatre Festival 1957-2007 Interactions: Dublin Theatre Festival 1957-2007. Dublin: Carysfort Press. [Details]
(2009) The Lieutenant of Inishmore Critical Edition.
Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2009) The Lieutenant of Inishmore Critical Edition The Lieutenant of Inishmore Critical Edition. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. [Details]
(2010) The Lonesome West Student Edition.
Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2010) The Lonesome West Student Edition The Lonesome West Student Edition. London: Methuen Drama. [Details]
(2011) Synge and His Influences.
Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2011) Synge and His Influences Synge and His Influences. DUBLIN: Carysfort Press. [Details]
(2012) Irish Drama: Local and Global Perspectives.
Patrick Lonergan and Nicholas Grene (Ed.). (2012) Irish Drama: Local and Global Perspectives Irish Drama: Local and Global Perspectives. Dublin: Carysfort Press. [Details]
(2015) Contemporary Irish Plays.
Patrick Lonergan (Ed.). (2015) Contemporary Irish Plays Contemporary Irish Plays. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2020) 'Enda Walsh and Martin McDonagh: Re-Imagining Irish Theatre'
Patrick Lonergan (2020) 'Enda Walsh and Martin McDonagh: Re-Imagining Irish Theatre' In: Contemporary European Playwrights. :244-260 London: Routledge. [Details]
(2020) 'Introduction: Colin Murphy's _Guaranteed_|''
Patrick Lonergan (2020) 'Introduction: Colin Murphy's _Guaranteed_|'' In: Contemporary Irish Documentary Theatre. :47-49 London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2020) 'Coda: Tom Murphy and Brian Friel'
Patrick Lonergan (2020) 'Coda: Tom Murphy and Brian Friel' In: Irish Literature in Transition: 1980-2020. :201-208 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Details]
(2016) ''Feast and Celebration': The Theatre Festival and Modern Irish Theatre'
Patrick Lonergan (2016) ''Feast and Celebration': The Theatre Festival and Modern Irish Theatre' In: The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre. Oxford: Oxford UP. [Details]
(2016) 'After the Celtic Tiger: Performance, Nation and Irish Drama, 2008-2010'
Patrick Lonergan (2016) 'After the Celtic Tiger: Performance, Nation and Irish Drama, 2008-2010' In: Ireland and Quebec Multidisciplinary perspectives on history, culture and society. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]
(2015) 'Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985'
Lonergan, P,Morse, DE (2015) 'Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985' In: :149-161 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) 'Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985'
Lonergan, P (2015) 'Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985' In: :149-161 BASINGSTOKE: PALGRAVE. [Details]
(2015) 'Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985'
Patrick Lonergan (2015) 'Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985' In: Irish Theatre in Transition: From the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century. :149-161 Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
(2013) '“Billy Roche’s On Such As We”'
Patrick Lonergan (2013) '“Billy Roche’s On Such As We”' In: Wexford and the World: the Art of Billy Roche. Dublin: Carysfort Press. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2013) '‘“The Chap That Writes Like Synge”: Shakespeare at the Abbey Theatre’'
Patrick Lonergan (2013) '‘“The Chap That Writes Like Synge”: Shakespeare at the Abbey Theatre’' In: Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare Renaissances. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. [Details]
(2013) 'Synge, Authenticity and the Regional'
Patrick Lonergan (2013) 'Synge, Authenticity and the Regional' In: Regional Modernisms. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2011) 'Colin Teevan’s How Many Miles to Basra”'
Patrick Lonergan (2011) 'Colin Teevan’s How Many Miles to Basra”' In: The Binding Strength of Irish Studies: Festschrift in Honour of Csilla Bertha and Donald E. Morse. Debrecen: Debrecen University Press. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) '“Martin McDonagh and the Ethics of Irish Storytelling”, in The Blackwell Companion to Irish Literature, 2010'
Lonergan, P. (2010) '“Martin McDonagh and the Ethics of Irish Storytelling”, in The Blackwell Companion to Irish Literature, 2010' In: -. -: Julia M Wright. [Details]
(2010) '“Donal O’Kelly” in Contemporary Irish Drama: 25 Playwrights in Summary'
Lonergan, P. (2010) '“Donal O’Kelly” in Contemporary Irish Drama: 25 Playwrights in Summary' In: -. -: Methuen. [Details]
(2009) '“All We Say is Life is Crazy” – Central and Easter Europe and the Irish Stage’ Literary and Cultural Relations Between Ireland and Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe'
Lonergan, P. (2009) '“All We Say is Life is Crazy” – Central and Easter Europe and the Irish Stage’ Literary and Cultural Relations Between Ireland and Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe' In: -. -: Dublin: Carysfort Press. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2009) '“Dancing at Lughnasa in Dublin and New York”, Irish Theatre in America'
Lonergan, P. (2009) '“Dancing at Lughnasa in Dublin and New York”, Irish Theatre in America' In: -. -: Syracuse University Press. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2009) '“Irish Theatre and Globalization: A Faustian Pact?” Cultural Perspectives on Globalization in Ireland'
Lonergan, P. (2009) '“Irish Theatre and Globalization: A Faustian Pact?” Cultural Perspectives on Globalization in Ireland' In: -. -: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2008) '“Hanif Kureishi’s Love in a Blue Time”, The Blackwell Companion to British and Irish Short Fiction'
Lonergan, P. (2008) '“Hanif Kureishi’s Love in a Blue Time”, The Blackwell Companion to British and Irish Short Fiction' In: -. Blackwell: -. [Details]
(2008) 'Irish Short Fiction: 1880–1945'
Lonergan, P. (2008) 'Irish Short Fiction: 1880–1945' In: the Blackwell Companion to British and Irish Short Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell Oxford. [Details]
(2007) 'Martin McDonagh - a Casebook Richard R Russel'
Lonergan, P. (2007) 'Martin McDonagh - a Casebook Richard R Russel' In: London: Routledge London. [Details]
(2006) 'Performing Global Networks Karen Fricker and Ronit Lentin'
Lonergan, P. (2006) 'Performing Global Networks Karen Fricker and Ronit Lentin' In: :163-181 Cambridge Scholars Press Newcastle. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2005) 'Irish Theatre on Tour Nicholas Grene and Christopher'
Lonergan, P. (2005) 'Irish Theatre on Tour Nicholas Grene and Christopher' In: :193-213 Morash Carysfort Press. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2005) 'Humour and Tragedy in Ireland Patricia Trainor de la Cruz and Blanca Krauel Heredia'
Lonergan, P. (2005) 'Humour and Tragedy in Ireland Patricia Trainor de la Cruz and Blanca Krauel Heredia' In: :223-234 Universidad de Malaga Press. [Details]
(2004) '‘Recent Irish Theatre: The Impact of Globalisation’, New Voices in Irish Criticism'
Lonergan, P. (2004) '‘Recent Irish Theatre: The Impact of Globalisation’, New Voices in Irish Criticism' In: -. :19-29 -: Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2004. [Details]
(2004) '“‘The Sneering, Lofty Conception of What They Call Culture’ – Sean O’Casey, Popular Culture, and the Irish Revival”, The Irish Revival Reappraised'
Lonergan, P. (2004) '“‘The Sneering, Lofty Conception of What They Call Culture’ – Sean O’Casey, Popular Culture, and the Irish Revival”, The Irish Revival Reappraised' In: -. :217-228 -: Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]
(2003) '“How Irish Was Phineas Finn?”'
Lonergan, P. (2003) '“How Irish Was Phineas Finn?”' In: -. Trollopiana: -. [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2010) '“Anything But Stand Still: The Theatre of Billy Roche”'
Patrick Lonergan (2010) '“Anything But Stand Still: The Theatre of Billy Roche”' Ilho De Desterro, . [Details]
(2006) '“Régionalisation et mondialisation dans le theatre irlandais depuis 1990”'
Patrick Lonergan (2006) '“Régionalisation et mondialisation dans le theatre irlandais depuis 1990”' L’Annuaire théâtral, (40) :12-15. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2021) Shakespeare and Climate,
Patrick Lonergan (2021) Shakespeare and the Orbis Spike. [Oral Presentation], Shakespeare and Climate, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre , 23-APR-21 - 24-APR-21. [Details]
(2017) Irish Theatre in Latin America,
Patrick Lonergan (2017) Irish Theatre and its National Contexts. [Plenary Lecture], Irish Theatre in Latin America, Florianopolis, Brazil , 26-APR-17 - 28-APR-17. [Details]
(2017) ‘Expanding the boundaries of theatre education’,
Patrick Lonergan (2017) Conference on theatre training in Europe. [Invited Oral Presentation], ‘Expanding the boundaries of theatre education’, Florence, Italy , 30-MAR-17 - 31-MAR-17. [Details]
(2016) European Theatre Perspectives,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) Beckett and National Performance/Beckett as National Performance. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Theatre Perspectives, Wroclaw, Poland , 08-NOV-16 - 09-NOV-16. [Details]
(2016) IASIL Japan The 3 3r d International Conference Transformations,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) “ The Ends of Irish National Theatre? Transformations in Irish Drama since 1950 ”. [Plenary Lecture], IASIL Japan The 3 3r d International Conference Transformations, International Christian University Tokyo , 14-OCT-16 - 15-OCT-16. [Details]
(2016) Ireland and Shakespeare Symposium,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) Performing Shakespeare in Ireland since 1970. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ireland and Shakespeare Symposium, Princeton University , 04-MAR-16 - 05-MAR-16. [Details]
(2016) Globalizing 1916,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) 1916 as Performance. [Invited Oral Presentation], Globalizing 1916, University College Dublin , 05-FEB-16 - 06-FEB-16. [Details]
(2016) Easter 1916 as Theatre/ Easter 1916 in Theatre,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) 1916 event. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Easter 1916 as Theatre/ Easter 1916 in Theatre, NUI Galway , 21-MAY-16 - 22-MAY-16. [Details]
(2016) Shakespeare 400 Ireland Symposium,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) ‘“Drink! Feck! Girls!” – DruidShakespeare and the Retrieval of Shakespearean Memories in Ireland’,. [Invited Lecture], Shakespeare 400 Ireland Symposium, Maynooth University , 22-OCT-16 - 22-OCT-16. [Details]
(2016) European Society for the Study of English,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) Conference Chair. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], European Society for the Study of English, Galway , 24-AUG-16 - 27-AUG-16. [Details]
(2016) European Theatre Perspectives Symoposium,
Patrick Lonergan (2016) Beckett and National Performance/Beckett as National Performance. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Theatre Perspectives Symoposium, Wroclaw, Poland , 07-NOV-16 - 09-NOV-16. [Details]
(2015) ‘A peculiar society’? Ireland, 1970s-1990s,
From Rolo to Anglo: Advertising, Theatre History and the Abbey Theatre. (2015) From Rolo to Anglo: Advertising at the Abbey Theatre from the 1970s to the 1990s. [Conference Paper], ‘A peculiar society’? Ireland, 1970s-1990s, Moore Institute, NUI Galway , 24-APR-15 - 25-APR-15. [Details]
(2015) Performing the Archives,
Patrick Lonergan (2015) Reading the Digital Theatre Archive. [Plenary Lecture], Performing the Archives, NUI Galway , 22-JUL-15 - 24-JUL-15. [Details]
(2015) British Association for Irish Studies Annual Conference 2015: Ireland: Agents of Social Transformation,
Patrick Lonergan (2015) Performing Transformation: Irish Theatre in Times of Crisis. [Plenary Lecture], British Association for Irish Studies Annual Conference 2015: Ireland: Agents of Social Transformation, St Mary's University, Twickenham , 04-SEP-15 - 05-SEP-15. [Details]
(2020) Beckett and the Anthropocene,
Patrick Lonergan (2020) The Dithering Undone: Druid Theatre’s Waiting for Godot at the End of the World. [Oral Presentation], Beckett and the Anthropocene, Trinity College Dublin , 04-DEC-20 - 05-DEC-20. [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
(2020) Marina Carr: Pastures of the Unknown.
Lonergan, P (2020) Marina Carr: Pastures of the Unknown. FLORIANOPOLIS: UNIV FEDERAL SANTA CATARINA, PROGRAMA POS-GRADUACAO & LETRAS-INGLES Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2017) REVIEW: The theatre of Marie Jones: telling stories from the ground up.
Patrick Lonergan (2017) REVIEW: The theatre of Marie Jones: telling stories from the ground up. Book Review [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) REVIEW Zaroulia Marilena and Hager Philip , ed. Performances of Capitalism, Crises, and Resistance: Inside/Outside Europe.
Patrick Lonergan (2017) REVIEW Zaroulia Marilena and Hager Philip , ed. Performances of Capitalism, Crises, and Resistance: Inside/Outside Europe. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2016) Writing the Frontier: Anthony Trollope between Britain and Ireland.
Lonergan, P (2016) Writing the Frontier: Anthony Trollope between Britain and Ireland. Book Review [DOI] [Details]

Edited Book

  Year Publication
(2016) Book: DISABILITY THEATRE AND MODERN DRAMA RECASTING MODERNISM.
Kirsty Johnston (2016) Book: DISABILITY THEATRE AND MODERN DRAMA RECASTING MODERNISM. Edited Book [Details]
(2016) Modern Verse Drama: Nation, Art and Modernity.
Irene Morra (2016) Modern Verse Drama: Nation, Art and Modernity. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2016) Book: British Musical Theatre Since 1950.
Robert Gordon, Olaf Jubin, Millie Taylor (2016) Book: British Musical Theatre Since 1950. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2015) Book: THE THEATRE AND FILMS OF JEZ BUTTERWORTH.
David Ian Rabey (2015) Book: THE THEATRE AND FILMS OF JEZ BUTTERWORTH. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2015) Book: The Theatre of David Henry Hwang.
Esther Lee Kim (2015) Book: The Theatre of David Henry Hwang. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2015) Book: BRITISH THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE 1900-1950.
Rebecca D'Monte (2015) Book: BRITISH THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE 1900-1950. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2015) BOok: The Irish Dramatic Revival.
Anthony Roche (2015) BOok: The Irish Dramatic Revival. london: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2015) Book: THE THEATRE OF D.H. LAWRENCE DRAMATIC MODERNIST AND THEATRICAL INNOVATOR.
James Moran (2015) Book: THE THEATRE OF D.H. LAWRENCE DRAMATIC MODERNIST AND THEATRICAL INNOVATOR. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2014) Book: The Theatre of Caryl Churchill.
R Darren Gobert (2014) Book: The Theatre of Caryl Churchill. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2014) The Theatre of Harold Pinter.
Mark Taylor Batty (2014) The Theatre of Harold Pinter. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2014) Book: The Theatre of Tennessee Williams.
Brenda Murphy (2014) Book: The Theatre of Tennessee Williams. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2014) Book: MODERN ASIAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE 1900-2000.
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Siyuan Liu, Erin B. Mee (2014) Book: MODERN ASIAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE 1900-2000. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2014) Book: The Theatre of Brian Friel.
Christopher Murray (2014) Book: The Theatre of Brian Friel. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2014) Book: The Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker.
Sophie Bush (2014) Book: The Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2013) Book: the Theatre oF David Greig.
Clare Wallace (2013) Book: the Theatre oF David Greig. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2013) The theatre of Samuel Beckett.
Katherine Weiss (2013) The theatre of Samuel Beckett. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]
(2013) Book: The Theatre of Sean O'casey.
James Moran (2013) Book: The Theatre of Sean O'casey. London: Bloomsbury Edited Book [Details]

Foreword

  Year Publication
(2012) DruidMurphy: Three Plays by Tom Murphy.
Patrick Lonergan (2012) DruidMurphy: Three Plays by Tom Murphy. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Foreword [Details]
(2010) ‘Introduction’, The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh. Methuen Modern Classics, 2010. .
Lonergan, P. (2010) ‘Introduction’, The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh. Methuen Modern Classics, 2010. . Foreword [Details]
(2009) ‘Introduction’ The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh. Methuen Modern Classics.
Lonergan, P. (2009) ‘Introduction’ The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh. Methuen Modern Classics. Foreword [Details]

Newspaper Articles

  Year Publication
(2016) Irish Times Book Review. Irish Theatrescapes: New Irish Plays, Adapted European Plays and Irish Classics, by Joe Vanek.
Patrick Lonergan (2016) Irish Times Book Review. Irish Theatrescapes: New Irish Plays, Adapted European Plays and Irish Classics, by Joe Vanek. Dublin: Irish Times Newspaper Articles [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) Irish Times Article. Digging around in the past for a glimpse of the future;.
Patrick Lonergan (2015) Irish Times Article. Digging around in the past for a glimpse of the future;. Dublin: Irish Times Newspaper Articles [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2005) Speaking Out: The Tricyle Theatre's _Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry.
Patrick Lonergan (2005) Speaking Out: The Tricyle Theatre's _Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry. Irish Theatre Magazine Newspaper Articles [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2002) ‘Tackling a Live Subject – The Hinterland Controversy’ irish theatre magazine, Summer.
Lonergan, P. (2002) ‘Tackling a Live Subject – The Hinterland Controversy’ irish theatre magazine, Summer. Newspaper Articles [ARAN Link] [Details]

Note

  Year Publication
(2015) Programme Note. Frank McGuinness's _The Match Box_, Galway International Arts Festival.
Patrick Lonergan (2015) Programme Note. Frank McGuinness's _The Match Box_, Galway International Arts Festival. Note [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) Martin McDonagh's HANGMEN: Show Programme for West End Production.
Patrick Lonergan (2015) Martin McDonagh's HANGMEN: Show Programme for West End Production. Note [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2013) Programme Note: A Tender Thing, Siren Productions, Directed by Selina Cartmell.
Patrick Lonergan (2013) Programme Note: A Tender Thing, Siren Productions, Directed by Selina Cartmell. Note [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2013) Programme Note. King Lear, Abbey Theatre, directed by Selina Cartmell.
Patrick Lonergan (2013) Programme Note. King Lear, Abbey Theatre, directed by Selina Cartmell. Note [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2012) Show Programme Note: the Last Summer by Declan Hughes, Gate Theatre Dublin.
Patrick Lonergan (2012) Show Programme Note: the Last Summer by Declan Hughes, Gate Theatre Dublin. Note [ARAN Link] [Details]

Online Multimedia

  Year Publication
(2015) The Abbey Theatre Minute Books 1904-1939.
Patrick Lonergan (editor) (2015) The Abbey Theatre Minute Books 1904-1939. Online Multimedia [Details]

Reviews

  Year Publication
(2013) Review. An Enemy of the People, Ibsen adapted by Arthur Miller, Gate Theatre Dublin.
Patrick Lonergan (2013) Review. An Enemy of the People, Ibsen adapted by Arthur Miller, Gate Theatre Dublin. Irish Theatre Magazine Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2013) Once the Musical - Review - Enda Walsh at Gaiety Theatre Dublin.
Patrick Lonergan (2013) Once the Musical - Review - Enda Walsh at Gaiety Theatre Dublin. Irish THeatre Magazine Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2011) Review. All that Fall by Samuel Beckett, Pan Pan Theatre Company.
Patrick Lonergan (2011) Review. All that Fall by Samuel Beckett, Pan Pan Theatre Company. Irish Theatre Magazine Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2011) Review. Fintan Walsh, Queer Notions, Irish Theatre Magazine. 2 February 2011. .
Lonergan, P. (2011) Review. Fintan Walsh, Queer Notions, Irish Theatre Magazine. 2 February 2011. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2011) Review. The Field by John B. Keane. Olympia Theatre. Irish Tehatre Magazine. 19 January 2011. .
Lonergan, P. (2011) Review. The Field by John B. Keane. Olympia Theatre. Irish Tehatre Magazine. 19 January 2011. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) Review. Dermot Bolger, The Ballymun Trilogy, The Irish Times, 20 May 2010. .
Lonergan, P. (2010) Review. Dermot Bolger, The Ballymun Trilogy, The Irish Times, 20 May 2010. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) Review. The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh. Young Vic Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine. September 2010.
Lonergan, P. (2010) Review. The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh. Young Vic Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine. September 2010. Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) Review. Janet Clare and Stephen O’Neill (eds) Shakespeare and the Irish Writer. Irish Theatre Magazine. May 2010. .
Lonergan, P. (2010) Review. Janet Clare and Stephen O’Neill (eds) Shakespeare and the Irish Writer. Irish Theatre Magazine. May 2010. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) Review. Faith Healer by Brian Friel, Gate Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine, Online edition, February 2010. .
Lonergan, P. (2010) Review. Faith Healer by Brian Friel, Gate Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine, Online edition, February 2010. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2010) Review. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Gate Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine May 2010. .
Lonergan, P. (2010) Review. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Gate Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine May 2010. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2009) Review. The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy. Druid Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine Online Edition, September 2009. .
Lonergan, P. (2009) Review. The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy. Druid Theatre. Irish Theatre Magazine Online Edition, September 2009. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2009) Review. Only an Apple by Tom MacIntyre.
Patrick Lonergan (2009) Review. Only an Apple by Tom MacIntyre. Irish Theatre Magazine Online Edition Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2008) Review. The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh.
Patrick Lonergan (2008) Review. The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh. Irish Theatre Magazine Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2003) Review. William Shakespeare, Henry IV – Part One, Abbey Theatre Dublin, and Measure for Measure, Rattlebag Theatre, irish theatre magazine, number 14, Spring 2003.
Lonergan, P. (2003) Review. William Shakespeare, Henry IV – Part One, Abbey Theatre Dublin, and Measure for Measure, Rattlebag Theatre, irish theatre magazine, number 14, Spring 2003. Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2003) Review. Jim Culleton, Pigsback – First Plays and Declan Gorman and Declan Mallon, Way Out in the Country – An Anthology of Community Plays, in irish theatre magazine, Spring 2003.
Lonergan, P. (2003) Review. Jim Culleton, Pigsback – First Plays and Declan Gorman and Declan Mallon, Way Out in the Country – An Anthology of Community Plays, in irish theatre magazine, Spring 2003. Reviews [Details]
(2003) Review. Marie Jones, The Blind Fiddler, Lyric Theatre Belfast, irish theatre magazine, number 17, Winter, 2003. .
Lonergan, P. (2003) Review. Marie Jones, The Blind Fiddler, Lyric Theatre Belfast, irish theatre magazine, number 17, Winter, 2003. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2003) Review. Ray Ryan, Ireland and Scotland: Literature and Culture, State and Nation, 1966 – 2000. In Irish Studies Review, Volume 11, Number 3, December 2003.
Lonergan, P. (2003) Review. Ray Ryan, Ireland and Scotland: Literature and Culture, State and Nation, 1966 – 2000. In Irish Studies Review, Volume 11, Number 3, December 2003. Reviews [Details]
(2003) Review. Barrabas’s Hurl, Galway Arts Festival, irish theatre magazine, number 17, Winter 2003. .
Lonergan, P. (2003) Review. Barrabas’s Hurl, Galway Arts Festival, irish theatre magazine, number 17, Winter 2003. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2003) Review. Declan Hughes, Shiver, Rough Magic Theatre, and Malachy McKenna, Tilsonburg, Focus Theatre Dublin, irish theatre magazine, number 15, Summer 2003. .
Lonergan, P. (2003) Review. Declan Hughes, Shiver, Rough Magic Theatre, and Malachy McKenna, Tilsonburg, Focus Theatre Dublin, irish theatre magazine, number 15, Summer 2003. . Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2002) Review. Michel Tremblay, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Peacock Theatre Dublin, irish theatre magazine, Volume 3, number 11, Summer 2002.
Lonergan, P. (2002) Review. Michel Tremblay, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Peacock Theatre Dublin, irish theatre magazine, Volume 3, number 11, Summer 2002. Reviews [ARAN Link] [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2018 Election to the Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy
2010 ESSE Book Prize: Cultural Studies (First Book) European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)
2009 Theatre Book Prize Society for Theatre Research (UK)

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Royal Irish Academy he Study of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication Committee Member /

Other Activities

  Description

Presentation to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills on third level funding - November 2016. http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/committeetakes/ESJ2016112400002

Keynote speaker 2015 BAIS conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zx84iUlDK4&t=75s

Spring 2019 Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies, Boston College https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwMnVvqytI&

Teaching Interests

Irish literature, especially drama and theatre; theatre and climate change/the Anthropocene, theatre criticism; Shakespeare; James Joyce; contemporary Irish fiction; musical theatre. 

Recent Postgraduate Students

  Graduation Name Degree Primary Supervisor
2016 Lisa Fitzgerald PhD Y
2017 Chante Mouton Kinyon PhD Y
2016 Nelson Barre PhD Y

Current Postgraduate Students (Research)

  Student Degree Type Type
Eamonn O Donoghue Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Supervisor
Desmond Lally Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) Supervisor
Clara Mallon Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Supervisor

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2019/2020 Irish Theatre from Beckett to the Present DT6101
2019/2020 Irish Theatre from Wilde to O'Casey DT6102
2019/2020 Writing for Theatre DT3108
2019/2020 Musical Theatre MU2105
2019/2020 Theatre Histories 1 DT1108
2019/2020 Modern Irish LIterature EN388
2019/2020 Contemporary Irish Theatre DT4101