Dublin by Lamplight http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight a class research project by the students of dram319 at queen's university, kingston Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:42:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Pubs and Cafes of “Dublin By Lamplight” http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/04/the-pubs-and-cafes-of-dublin-by-lamplight/ http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/04/the-pubs-and-cafes-of-dublin-by-lamplight/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:59:17 +0000 adamw http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/04/the-pubs-and-cafes-of-dublin-by-lamplight/ Bewley’ Oriental Cafe

We encounter Bewley’s Oriental Cafe in Scene Twelve, where Willy, dining on a lonely sausage, decides to pawn his watch. Bewley’s, a chain of Irish cafes owned by the Campbell-Bewley Group, had been a Dublin institution since its creation in 1840. We find Willy in the cafe located at 12 Westmoreland Street, which runs south of Sackville Street and through Fleet Street (see Simon Paabor’s Google Earth walking tour of Dublin). In 1904, this cafe was notable for being a sort of meeting ground for Dublin’s literati; it was frequented by James Joyce, among others (this is just one of the many instances of Joyce-referencing that peppers Dublin By Lamplight). This particular cafe was closed in late 2004.

- Adam Wray

]]> http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/04/the-pubs-and-cafes-of-dublin-by-lamplight/feed/ 0 From Story Theatre to Second City…in Dublin By Lamplight… http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/02/from-story-theatre-to-second-cityin-dublin-by-lamplight/ http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/02/from-story-theatre-to-second-cityin-dublin-by-lamplight/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:45:49 +0000 emilyv http://natalieharrower.com/dublinbylamplight/2008/03/02/from-story-theatre-to-second-cityin-dublin-by-lamplight/ The very popular improvisational theater, with its companies (such as Second City), performances and laughter spreading rampant across the world, has its close ties to the style of theater in which Dublin by Lamplight is performed. How completely unnecessary it might seem that characters in this play dictate word for word their actions and interactions, but this is in fact an example of the increasingly popular story theater which incorporates aspects of improvisation, and in fact shares similar roots. Storytelling is a style of entertainment that is part of the tradition of the Emerald Isles, but it is Story theater that adds so much to the Dublin by Lamplight text, and presumably its performances as well. How intriguing, when done properly, to watch a character narrate their performance as they perform it, to live and commit to the immediate present and include certain special aspects of that particular performance itself so that every moment is a new and somewhat magic one. These are the qualities that story theater brings to a performance. The professionalism that is required of an actor to narrate themselves and act their part with successful transitions is awe inspiring and quite the challenge. Dublin by Lamplight provides this challenge and delivers it affectively through its text! Story Theater certainly adds to the success of this production, and brings to life one of Ireland’s oldest traditions.

-Emily Veryard 

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