Background
Richtarik, Marilynn Josephine was born on October 11, 1965 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Alfred Andrew and Marilynn Ruth Richtarik.
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Since its creation in 1980 by actor Stephen Rea (The Crying Game) and playwright Brian Friel (Translation, Dancing at Lughnasa), Northern Ireland's Field Day Theatre Company has brought challenging drama to the entire island, "from Coleraine to Kerry." With the addition to the board of directors of poets and critics such as Tom Paulin, Seamus Heaney, and Seamus Deane, Field Day ventured into the realm of the more explicitly political with a controversial pamphlet series. Acting Between the Lines is a fascinating study of one of the most important developments in contemporary Irish culture.
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The Field Day Theatre Company has been a vital presence on the cultural and intellectual scene in Ireland since its inception in 1980. This venture represented an attempt by a group of distinguished Irish artists to contribute to a resolution of Northern Ireland's political crisis. Founded by playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea, Field Day's board of directors has included writers Seamus Heaney, Seamus Deane, Tom Paulin, and Thomas Kilroy and documentary filmmaker David Hammond. Among Field Day's premieres are such modern Irish classics as Friel's Translations (1980), Kilroy's Double Cross (1986), and Stewart Parker's Pentecost (1987). In addition to producing new Irish plays and masterpieces of world drama, Field Day since 1983 has published literary and critical works ranging from pamphlets on Irish language and history to the multi-volume Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing and an on-going series of essays and monographs edited by Deane. In her pioneering study of Field Day, Marilynn Richtarik offers a narrative account of the early years of the company, during which its self-image and public reputation were formed. Drawing on contemporary reviews, pre-production publicity, pronouncements over time by the various directors, and personal interviews, she constructs a rich background for her discussion of Field Day's evolving aims and concrete achievements. Lucidly written and carefully documented, Acting Between the Lines makes compelling reading for anyone interested in Ireland, theatre, or the politics of culture. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marilynn J. Richtarik is associate professor of English at Georgia State University. She has prepared a new foreword for this edition. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: "The strengths of Richtarik's study lie in its undoubted enthusiasm for, and belief in, the potential of theatre; in its meticulously researched detail; and in its concentration on the contradictions within Field Day."―Irish Review "A thorough and evocative exploration of Field Day's various attempts to transcend the cultural, political, and sectarian divisions within Ireland, both north and south. . . ."―Choice "Marilynn Richtarik's book is a welcome, rigorous, and well-written study of the individuals and forces which gave life to Field Day in its first five years."―Times Literary Supplement
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Richtarik, Marilynn Josephine was born on October 11, 1965 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Alfred Andrew and Marilynn Ruth Richtarik.
AB, Harvard University, 1988; Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1992.
Part-time instructor Northern Arizona University, 1992-1993. Postdoctoral research fellow University British Columbia, 1993-1995. Assistant professor Georgia State University, 1995—2001, associate professor, since 2001.
(Since its creation in 1980 by actor Stephen Rea (The Cryi...)
( The Field Day Theatre Company has been a vital presence...)
Member Modern Language Association, American Conference for Irish Studies, Canada Association for Irish Studies, International Association for the Study of Irish Literature.