Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Richard Cave and Ben Levitas Introduction Ben Levitas These Islands Others John Bull the Abbey and the Royal Court Michael McAteer Stranger in the House Alienation and History in The Land of Hearts Desire and Cathleen ni Houlihan Peter Kuch The Irish Players and the Conquest of London Jonathan D. H. Statham Folds in Dispersion Yeatsian Remnants in London Graham Saunders Reclaiming Sam for Ireland The Beckett on Film Project Tim Miles Understanding Loyalty The English Response to the Work of Gary Mitchell Wallace McDowell Traditional Routes Challenges and Reaffirmations in the Representation of the Ulster Protestant Jerry Nolan The EnglishIrish Ring and Its Victorian Popularity Elizabeth Schafer An Irish Jig Edris Stannus Ninette de Valois and the English Royal Ballet Cathy Leeney NotSoGayYoungThings Mary Mannings Youths the Season as staged in 1930s London Carmen Szab Doublings Problematic Identities in Thomas Kilroys Double Cross and The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre Enrica Cerquoni The Transience of the Visual Image in Touring Theatre Brian Friels Dancing at Lughnasa Peter James Harris Chronological Table Of Irish Plays Produced In London 19202006 Contributors Index