Books by Nelson Ritschel

A reassessment of the dramatic canon of Irish Renaissance poet, John Millington Synge. It argues that his plays, including "The Playboy of the Western World", are far more deeply rooted, thematically and aesthetically, in the ancient native literature than was previously believed.

This reference is a list of all theatrical productions of the early modern Irish dramatic movement, including premieres and revivals. The volume includes productions from the 1899 founding of the Irish Literary Theatre through the April 1916 Easter Rising.