The Theatre of Nation: Irish Drama and Cultural Nationalism 1890-1916What role did the theatre of the Irish literary revival play in the politics of identity so avidly debated in pre revolutionary Ireland? Conversely, how far did that debate influence the development of the theatre? Ben Levitas pursues such vexed questions through a panoramic study of Irish drama and the nationalist debate 1890 1916. He follow the unfolding drama of that relationship and, in giving equal weight to the protagonists inside and outside