"Tralee, 1756: Shakespeare on the Atlantic Edge"
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Author:
	Caball, Marc; McElligott, Jason.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2025
Publication Information:
	Murphy, Shakespeare in Ireland: Adaptations and Appropriations, 39–56.
:
	Murphy, Shakespeare in Ireland: Adaptations and Appropriations
Annotation:
	Using extant playbills as evidence, describes the 1756 theatrical season in Tralee, Ireland, emphasizing the importance of Shakespeare adaptations (including Thomas Betterton's 1 Henry IV) and conjecturing that the theatre attracted both Protestant and Catholic audience members. Argues that "these playbills suggest that knowledge of Shakespeare in the farthest corners of mid-eighteenth-century Ireland may have been considerably more expansive than might be assumed."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Murphy, Andrew; Betterton, Thomas
Keywords:
	County Kerry, Ireland, playbill, advertisement
Tags:
	1 Henry IV, Printing History, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Stage and Theater History
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo653