Author: Murphy Paul Murphy

James Moran is Head of Drama in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research is primarily concerned with modern anglophone literature, with a particular interest in the theatre of twentieth-century Ireland. One of the main strands of his research explores how revolutionary politics and dramatic literature interact. His first book, Staging the Easter Rising (2005), charts the ways in which Irish insurrectionism was affected by the public playhouse. He has also edited a volume of plays by political radicals such as Thomas MacDonagh and James Connolly (Four Irish Rebel Plays, 2007).