Frank McGuinness's dramaturgy of difference and the Irish theatre

Defective histories: re-presenting history in Innocence, Mary and Lizzie, and Mutabilitie

Queer nation: homosexual representations of national identity in Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme and Dolly West's kitchen

The wilde Irishmen: 'theatre theatrical' in Gates of gold

Camping in utopia: Carthaginians and the queer aesthetic

Holy irreverence: The gospel according to Judas

There's no place like 'home': The bird sanctuary, Someone who'll what over me, and The factory girls

Conclusion

Appendix 1: interview with Frank McGuinness

Appendix 2: interview with Senator David Norris

Appendix 3: interview with Patrick Mason.