Eamonn Jordan

Eamonn Jordan is Professor in Drama Studies and former Subject Head (2011-2014) at the School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin. His book The Feast of Famine: The Plays of Frank McGuinness (1997) is the first full-length study on McGuinness's work. In 2000, he edited Theatre Stuff: Critical Essays on Contemporary Irish Theatre. He co-edited with Lilian Chambers The Theatre of Martin McDonagh: A World of Savage Stories (2006).

His book Dissident Dramaturgies: Contemporary Irish Theatre was published in 2010 by Irish Academic Press. In 2012, he co-edited with Lilian Chambers The Theatre of Conor McPherson:' Right beside the Beyond'.

In 2014 his monograph From Leenane to LA: The Theatre and Cinema of Martin McDonagh was published by Irish Academic Press.
In 2016 he introduced and selected with Finola Cronin The Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance Studies Reader for Carysfort Press, a publication with over 70 essays.

September 2018 saw the publication of The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance, a work he co-edited with Eric Weitz.

The Theatre and Film of Conor McPherson: Conspicuous Communities has been published by Methuen Bloomsbury in February 2019.

In 2020, Justice and the Plays and Films of Martin McDonagh was published by Palgrave as part of its Pivot series of publications.