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Hugh Leonard is a widely respected playwright of less serious material,
while Bernard Farrell, author of I do not Like Thee, Dr Fell and Northerners
Frank McGuinness and Graham Reid, have helped ensure the present vitality of
Irish theatre. Among novelists, Edna O’Brien, now living in London, depicted
female sexuality in her native County Clare in a way that broke many literary
taboos in Ireland. John Banville and Aidan Higgins are outstanding contempo-
rary novelists, while a giant of the older generation is Francis Stuart. Twenty
years ago novels such as The Barracks by John McGahern shocked the public
consciousness. Today, the sense of offence is much less readily taken, and Ire-
land continues to produce more than its fair share of world-class writers. The
most important of them, Samuel Beckett, followed Joyce’s example and sat it
out in Paris, creating his bleak vision of humanity’s absurdity. Samuel Beckett
wrote a minimalist vein, often in French because he was another Dublin exile in
Paris. His play, Waiting for Godot (1953) has become a twentieth century classic
of absurdism. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969.
Irish theatre companies such as the Abbey, the Druid and the Gate regu-
larly tour their productions to international venues and host the work of visiting
theatre companies to Ireland.
Ex. 3. Compare and contrast Irish and Russian literature. Are there any
links between them?
Ex. 4. Answer the following questions:
1. Have you read any Irish novels, stories, plays or poems?
2. Did you do it in original or in Russian?
3. Were you impressed by Irish literature? Why?/Why not?
Ex. 5. Make a rendering of the text.
UNIT VI
Ex. 1. Pre-reading task.
Answer the following questions:
1. What do you think is more popular in Ireland – opera, ballet,
drama or cinema? Why?
2 What Irish directors, actors and actresses do you know?
Ex. 2. Read and translate the text.
THEATRE AND CINEMA
Theatre in Ireland has long played a major cultural role. During the nine-
teenth century, many commercial theatres were built in Irish cities, such as the
Theatre Royal in Dublin, the theatre Royal in Waterford and the Grand Opera 
       Hugh Leonard is a widely respected playwright of less serious material,
while Bernard Farrell, author of I do not Like Thee, Dr Fell and Northerners
Frank McGuinness and Graham Reid, have helped ensure the present vitality of
Irish theatre. Among novelists, Edna O’Brien, now living in London, depicted
female sexuality in her native County Clare in a way that broke many literary
taboos in Ireland. John Banville and Aidan Higgins are outstanding contempo-
rary novelists, while a giant of the older generation is Francis Stuart. Twenty
years ago novels such as The Barracks by John McGahern shocked the public
consciousness. Today, the sense of offence is much less readily taken, and Ire-
land continues to produce more than its fair share of world-class writers. The
most important of them, Samuel Beckett, followed Joyce’s example and sat it
out in Paris, creating his bleak vision of humanity’s absurdity. Samuel Beckett
wrote a minimalist vein, often in French because he was another Dublin exile in
Paris. His play, Waiting for Godot (1953) has become a twentieth century classic
of absurdism. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969.
       Irish theatre companies such as the Abbey, the Druid and the Gate regu-
larly tour their productions to international venues and host the work of visiting
theatre companies to Ireland.

       Ex. 3. Compare and contrast Irish and Russian literature. Are there any
links between them?

      Ex. 4. Answer the following questions:
             1.   Have you read any Irish novels, stories, plays or poems?
             2.   Did you do it in original or in Russian?
             3.   Were you impressed by Irish literature? Why?/Why not?
      Ex. 5. Make a rendering of the text.

                                       UNIT VI

      Ex. 1. Pre-reading task.
      Answer the following questions:
             1.    What do you think is more popular in Ireland – opera, ballet,
      drama or cinema? Why?
      2 What Irish directors, actors and actresses do you know?

      Ex. 2. Read and translate the text.

                              THEATRE AND CINEMA

      Theatre in Ireland has long played a major cultural role. During the nine-
teenth century, many commercial theatres were built in Irish cities, such as the
Theatre Royal in Dublin, the theatre Royal in Waterford and the Grand Opera
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