Research Interests

• Contemporary Irish drama
• The writings of John Millington Synge
• Irish women's writing
• World theatre

Select Publications

• ‘Pinter and Ireland.’ In The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter, ed. Peter Raby. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 153-170.
• ‘Oedipus at the Abbey.’ In Classics Ireland 8 (2001): 71-80.
• Editor. ‘Special Issue: Thomas Kilroy.’ Irish University Review 32, no.1 (Spring/Summer 2002).
• ‘Woman on the Threshold: Synge's Shadow of the Glen, Deevy's Katie Roche and Carr's The Mai.’ In The Theatre of Marina Carr: ‘before rules was made,’ ed. Cathy Leeney and Anna McMullan. Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2003. 17-42.
• Twelve entries, including ‘Thomas Kilroy,’ ‘Frank McGuinness,’ ‘Edward Martyn,’ ‘Tom Murphy,’ ‘Sean O'Casey,’ ‘Bailegangaire’ and ‘Waiting for Godot.’ In Encyclopedia of Ireland, ed. Brian Lalor. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2003.