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Murphy Tom - The Methuen Drama Anthology Of Irish Plays Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle Of The Belfast City; Steward Of Christendom; Cripple Of Inishmaan - Paperback
Murphy Tom - The Methuen Drama Anthology Of Irish Plays Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle Of The Belfast City; Steward Of Christendom; Cripple Of Inishmaan - Paperback
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Description: Introduced by Patrick Lonergan The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays brings together five major works from the Irish dramatic canon of the last sixty years in one outstanding collection. Behan's The Hostage depicting the capture and deathof a British soldier by the IR a was first produced by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1958 and was declared 'a masterpiece by The Times. Murphy's Bailegangaire (1985)portrays a senile old woman's recitation of an epic tale to her twogranddaughters who struggle to free themselves from her and exorcisethe past. Reid's The Belle of the Belfast City winner of the George Devine Award in 1986,examines the tensions present in three generations of women in a Belfast - Protestant family during the week of an anti - Anglo - Irish rally. Sebastian Barry's The Steward of Christendom won the London Critics Circle Award for Best Play 1995 and was heralded by the Guardian as 'an authentic masterpiece'. Mc Donagh's 1996 play The Cripple of Inishmaan is a strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. Mc Donagh was awarded the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.
Title: The Methuen Drama Anthology Of Irish Plays Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle Of The Belfast City; Steward Of Christendom; Cripple Of Inishmaan
Author(s): Murphy Tom, Lonergan, Patrick (University Of Galway, Ireland)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781408106785
Pages: 448 Pages, N/A
Publication Date: 3/2/2009
Series: Play Anthologies
Category: Anthologies (Non-Poetry)
Description: Introduced by Patrick Lonergan The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays brings together five major works from the Irish dramatic canon of the last sixty years in one outstanding collection. Behan's The Hostage depicting the capture and deathof a British soldier by the IR a was first produced by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1958 and was declared 'a masterpiece by The Times. Murphy's Bailegangaire (1985)portrays a senile old woman's recitation of an epic tale to her twogranddaughters who struggle to free themselves from her and exorcisethe past. Reid's The Belle of the Belfast City winner of the George Devine Award in 1986,examines the tensions present in three generations of women in a Belfast - Protestant family during the week of an anti - Anglo - Irish rally. Sebastian Barry's The Steward of Christendom won the London Critics Circle Award for Best Play 1995 and was heralded by the Guardian as 'an authentic masterpiece'. Mc Donagh's 1996 play The Cripple of Inishmaan is a strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. Mc Donagh was awarded the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.
Title: The Methuen Drama Anthology Of Irish Plays Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle Of The Belfast City; Steward Of Christendom; Cripple Of Inishmaan
Author(s): Murphy Tom, Lonergan, Patrick (University Of Galway, Ireland)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781408106785
Pages: 448 Pages, N/A
Publication Date: 3/2/2009
Series: Play Anthologies
Category: Anthologies (Non-Poetry)
