Murphy Plays: 5brings together four of the authors recent works:The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy.
The Wakerecounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her years as a prostitute, she finds the drewam of her homecoming turning into a nightmare. A homecoming play that is haunting yet fiercely comic.
Too Late for Logic: "A major new play…these scenes are beautifully imagined, ache with feeling, and flower into incidents of piercing sadness or absurd laughter" (The Times)
The House: "The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage" (Irish Times)
Alice Trilogydramatises three stages in Alice's life: 1980, in the afternoon murk of her attic, is Alice losing her grip on reality? 1995, she has summoned a lost love to meet her by the gasworks wall. 2005, at the airport: if the worst has happened, why is it bearable?
| ISBN: | 9780713683639 |
| Publication date: | 9th October 2006 |
| Author: | Thomas Murphy |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of A&C Black |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 362 pages |
| Series: | Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
Murphy Plays: 5brings together four of the authors recent works:The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy.
The Wakerecounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her years as a prostitute, she finds the drewam of her homecoming turning into a nightmare. A homecoming play that is haunting yet fiercely comic.
Too Late for Logic: "A major new play…these scenes are beautifully imagined, ache with feeling, and flower into incidents of piercing sadness or absurd laughter" (The Times)
The House: "The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage" (Irish Times)
Alice Trilogydramatises three stages in Alice's life: 1980, in the afternoon murk of her attic, is Alice losing her grip on reality? 1995, she has summoned a lost love to meet her by the gasworks wall. 2005, at the airport: if the worst has happened, why is it bearable?
Plays. 5 features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
Plays. 5 is available in Paperback
Plays. 5 was written by Thomas Murphy and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of A&C Black
Plays. 5 has 362 pages
Yes it is part of Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists series
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