Madam Glynn is a very thin, anxious-looking soprano from London. As a subtly English-colonial presence in the concert, Madam Glynn sings Killarney in a “bodiless” voice, using outdated intonations while looking as if she has been “resurrected,” casting the Englishwoman as a corpselike presence at the concert to reflect colonization’s continued effect on Dublin.
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Madam Glynn Character Timeline in A Mother
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A Mother
...the old blue dress on her thin body. Someone says that she is the soprano, Madam Glynn , and Kathleen asks Miss Healy “where did they dig her up” since she has...
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While the first part of the concert is successful, Madam Glynn sings Killarney, an Irish standard, “in a bodiless gasping voice,” and the audience in the...
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