Working-Class Women in Irish Literature and Theatre

Working-Class Women in Irish Literature and Theatre critically engages with works of theatre both by and about working-class women historically and presently.

Clara Mallon recently completed her PhD thesis at the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, University of Galway. Her project was funded by the Irish Research Council's Postgraduate Scholarship and centres on the representation of the working class in Irish theatre and performance in Ireland. She has published with the Irish University Review, and has a number of chapters in edited collections. She occasionally lectures at University College Dublin.
Salomé Paul is a Teaching Fellow in Drama Studies at University College Dublin (UCD). She completed a cotutelle PhD from Sorbonne University and UCD in 2020. She was awarded the French Government Medal and the National University of Ireland Prize for Distinction in Collaborative Degrees for her doctoral research in 2021. She was the recipient of the Two-Year Postdoctoral Scheme of the Irish Research Council from 2020 to 2022, which led to the publication of her monograph Marina Carr and Greek Tragedy: Feminist Myths of Monstrosity in 2024.