Famine (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Tom Murphy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413771237 ISBN 13: 9780413771230

Publisher: Methuen Drama (UK), 2001

Synopsis

A major statement by a major Irish playwright" (Irish Times)

Famine portrays the Great Hunger of the Irish in 1840s, with fresh pathos and insight. "The macabre business of blight and death, of wakes and murder, of poisoned love and lost hope, and the scandal of an emigration policy that was in effect one of transportation...are some of the modern Irish theatre's most powerful and poetic scenes." (Observer)

"A classic...Murphy's script burns through to the very soul of all of us" (Irish Independent)

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About this title

About the Author

Tom Murphy was born in Tuam, County Galway. He live in Dublin. He has received numerous theatre awards and holds honorary degrees from Trinity College Dublin and NUI (Galway). A six-play season celebrating his work - Tom Murphy at the Abbey - was presented at the Abbey Theatre in 2001. He has written for television and film, and a novel, The Seduction of Morality. His stage plays include On the Outside (with Noel O'Donoghue), A Whistle in the Dark, A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant, Famine, The Morning After Optimism, The White House, On the Inside, The Sanctuary Lamp, Epitaph Under Ether (a compilation from the works of J.M. Synge), The Blue Macushla, Conversations on a Homecoming, The Gigli Concert, Bailegangaire, A Thief of a Christmas, Too Late for Logic, The Patriot Game, She Stoops to Folly (from The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith), The Wake, The House, The Drunkard, The Cherry Orchard (a version), Alice Trilogy and The Informer (from the novel by Liam O'Flaherty).

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama (UK)
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413771237
• ISBN 13: 9780413771230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96