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Description for Penelope
Paperback. A powerful play from one of Ireland's most innovative writers. Enda Walsh's extraordinary update of a section of The Odyssey sites four belligerent, self-made men in an empty, dilapidated swimming pool and watches them strut, posture and compete to outdo each other with every hilariously overweening speech. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
A savage, tragicomic take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, whose story is recounted in Homer's Odyssey.
It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love.
Enda Walsh's play Penelope was first performed by Druid Theatre Company in Druid Lane Theatre at the Galway Arts Festival in July 2010. The production subsequently toured to Edinburgh (where it won a Fringe First Award), Helsinki and New York. A version of the play in German ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421158
SKU
KAC0000426
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Ref
99-1
About Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh is an Irish playwright, born in Dublin. A former recipient of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright and winner of numerous other awards (including four Edinburgh Fringe First awards), his works include Disco Pigs, Misterman, Chatroom and the book for Once: The Musical. He has also written for film, including the screenplay for the 2008 film ... Read more
Reviews for Penelope
'Mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost'
Sunday Times
'Extraordinary theatre... terrifying'
Sunday Independent, Ireland
'Among the finest plays Walsh has written'
Sunday Times, Ireland
'A wild, crazy, word-drunk piece that is destined to lodge in the memory... Walsh possesses a truly original ... Read more
Sunday Times
'Extraordinary theatre... terrifying'
Sunday Independent, Ireland
'Among the finest plays Walsh has written'
Sunday Times, Ireland
'A wild, crazy, word-drunk piece that is destined to lodge in the memory... Walsh possesses a truly original ... Read more