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In 1935, in the course of a USA tour of the plays of Sean O'Casey and others, Abbey Theatre actors were celebrated by director John Ford at an RKO Studio luncheon. This book traces the life stories of those actors in their migration to Hollywood. It shows how signifying elements of the Irish Revival were personally carried into Golden Age cinema.
Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the film's release, John Coldstream's study of 'Victim' (1961) addresses the film's importance in the campaign to decriminalise homosexuality, the contribution of its stars Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms to its emotional impact, and the risk Bogarde took in taking on the central role.
In The Year of the Hiker, an absentee father sends shock waves through his family when he returns home after twenty years. In The Change in Mame Fadden, a woman is torn between repairing her marriage and leading a life of freedom on the streets. The Highest House on the Mountain examines the tension between brothers, fathers and sons.
Gerardine Meaney investigates the complex relationships between Brenda Maddox's 1988 biography of Nora Barnacle, the wife of James Joyce and the film Nora, and locates the film in the context of new developments in costume drama and historical film in the 1990s.