Abstract
This articles considers how seven dramatists have treated sectarian tension in Northern Irish society in plays written during the last seventy years. Although the emphasis is on Protestant attitudes in particular, the implications of sectarianism for the community as a whole are shown. Attention is given to the different dramatic methods used by the playwrights in their representation of the fears, insecurities and ignorance that lie behind sectarian behaviour. The writers discussed include Gerald Macnamara, St John Ervine, Sam Thompson, John Boyd, Stewart Parker, Christina Reid and Frank McGuinness.
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