Irish Playwright Marina Carr on Theatre, Myth, War and Palestine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 7-2-2024
Abstract
This online interview with award-winning Irish playwright Marina Carr, was held from Cairo on May 28, 2024. The date resonates with the timing of Ireland, Norway, and Spain formally acknowledging Palestine as a state. Ireland has a history of suffering under occupation and the memory of the war and bloodshed remain to this day. In this interview, Carr shares her thoughts about Ireland, Palestine, myths and art in relation to her work and the war in the Arab region and Gaza. As an Irish citizen, Carr comments on what the formal acknowledgement of Palestine as a state means to her and what that has meant for Ireland as a young Republic. She contests with the idea of the artist as a change maker amidst global crisis and shares her thoughts on the unimaginable violence that human history has witnessed over the centuries and continues to witness to this day. As a playwright, Carr is acclaimed for her mastery in writing about tragedy; her version of Hecuba, has been described as an honest portrayal of war. The play originally written by Euripides, resonates with the current horrors of the war on Gaza. Marina Carr introduces herself as playwright, a mother of four children, and a wife. Carr is also an academic who teaches at Dublin City University in Ireland. She has won multiple awards which include the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Macaulay Fellowship, the E.M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Windham Campbell Prize.
Recommended Citation
Khalil, Rania M Rafik, "Irish Playwright Marina Carr on Theatre, Myth, War and Palestine" (2024). English Language and Literature. 52.
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