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Irish satirical poets (3 P) Pages in category "Irish satirists" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman
This is a list of writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship, who have a Wikipedia page. Writers whose work is in Irish are included. Writers whose work is in Irish are included. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Marie Herbert (born 1941), adventurer and author; Sarah Herbert (1824–1846), Irish-Nova Scotian author, publisher and educator; Jane Emily Herbert (1821–1882), acclaimed poet; Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1923), poet, writer on religion, translator; Elizabeth Hickey (1917–1999), historian; Mary Agnes Hickson (1821–1899), historian
This is a list of playwrights either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Playwrights whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish theatre is also available.
The play was a satire on Irish political life, and as it was unexpectedly nationalist, was considered the first to deal with a vital question that had appeared in Irish life. [26] Diarmuid and Grania, a poetic play in prose co-written with Yeats in 1901, was also staged by the theatre, [27] with incidental music by Elgar. [28]
Jones wrote five plays for the Replay Theatre Company, including Under Napoleon’s Nose (1988). The play for which she may be best-known is Stones in His Pockets, a play based on the idea of a Hollywood film company filming a movie in a small Irish village and the resulting impact on that community. [6]
O'Brien's journalistic pseudonym is taken from a character (Myles-na-Coppaleen) in Dion Boucicault's play The Colleen Bawn (itself an adaptation of Gerald Griffin's The Collegians), who is the stereotypical charming Irish rogue. At one point in the play, he sings the ancient anthem of the Irish Brigades on the Continent, the song "An Crúiscín ...