This two-volume edited collection covers three hundred years of Irish women's playwriting with forty-two essays written by leading and emerging Irish theatre scholars and practitioners. Volume One looks at the period from 1716 to 1992, exploring such varied themes as the impact of space and place on identity, women's strategic use of genre, and theatrical responses to shifts in Irish politics and culture.

David Clare is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.

Fiona McDonagh is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.

Justine Nakase is Adjunct Lecturer at Portland State University.