The Cavalcaders and Amphibians (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Roche, Billy

 
9781854594631: The Cavalcaders and Amphibians (NHB Modern Plays)

Synopsis

Two plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.

The Cavalcaders (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1993) is a rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.

Terry is a man who, surrounded by love and friendship, is haunted by the woman who previously betrayed him. His only solace comes in singing with the barbershop quartet.

The script contains the music for the a cappella songs performed in the play.

Also included in this volume is Amphibians (RSC, 1992), an earlier rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.

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About the Author

Billy Roche is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Wexford, he worked as an actor and a singer before turning to writing in the 1980s.

His plays include the acclaimed Wexford Trilogy, comprising A Handful of Stars (1988), Poor Beast in the Rain (1989) and Belfry (1990), which won him numerous awards in both Ireland and Britain. Other plays include: Amphibians (1992), The Cavalcaders (1993), On Such As We (2001) and Lay Me Down Softly (2008).

His prose works include the novel Tumbling Down (1986) and the short story collection Tales From Rainwater Pond (2006).

His work for the screen includes his IFTA-nominated, four-part TV series Clean Break, which premiered on RTE in 2015.

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