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The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays: Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle of the Belfast City; Steward of Christendom; Cripple of Inishmaan: Play Anthologies

Autor Brendan Behan Editat de Patrick Lonergan Autor Christina Reid, Martin McDonagh, Sebastian Barry, Tom Murphy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 aug 2008
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 IRA, was first produced by JoanLittlewood'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 aBelfast-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'. McDonagh's 1996 play The Cripple of Inishmaan is a strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. McDonagh was awarded the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408106785
ISBN-10: 1408106787
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: N/A
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Seria Play Anthologies

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The Cripple of Inishmaan will be revived by Druid TheatreCompany from September 2008, touring Ireland and the UK and playing atthe Dublin Theatre Festival.

Notă biografică

Brendan Behan (1923-64) found fame and notoriety with his work andRepublican sympathies. Christina Reid, from Belfast, came to prominencein the 1980s. Tom Murphy's many plays are collected into 5 volumes byMethuen Drama; his most recent play opened in Dublin in 2006. MartinMcDonagh's first play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, was the 1996 winner of the George Devine Award and the Evening StandardAward for Most Promising Newcomer. Sebastian Barry is a poet, dramatistand novelist. Patrick Lonergan is professor of English at the NationalUniversity of Ireland.

Cuprins

Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle of the Belfast City; Steward of Christendom; Cripple of Inishmaan

Descriere

A scintillating collection of five plays from the last sixty years ofIrish drama featuring work by Behan, Barry, Reid, Murphy, and McDonagh,and introduced by Patrick Lonergan.