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25%OFFConor McPherson - McPherson Plays:Two (The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Come On Over) - 9781854597779 - V9781854597779
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McPherson Plays:Two (The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Come On Over)

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Description for McPherson Plays:Two (The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Come On Over) Paperback. McPherson's four most recent plays in one volume: "The Weir", "Dublin Carol", "Port Authority" and "Come on Over". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.

The second collection of plays from the multi-award winning author.

Included in this volume is Conor McPherson's The Weir, one of the most successful plays of recent years. In a bar in a remote part of Ireland, the local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman from Dublin newly moved into the area... 'A spellbinder that transfixes you... No praise in fact is too high' Guardian

Dublin Carol is set on Christmas Eve, when a Dublin undertaker is visited by his estranged daughter urging him to face up to the past. 'McPherson writes like a ... Read more Daily Mail

Port Authority tells of three interwoven lives: a boy leaves home for the first time; a man starts a job for which he is unqualified; a pensioner is sent a mysterious package... 'Overwhelmingly poignant... desolate, searing eloquence' Evening Standard

And in Come on Over, published here for the first time, a Jesuit priest, sent to investigate a 'miracle' in his home town, re-encounters the woman who loved him thirty years before. 'Piercingly evocative, powerfully exploring the tension between human and divine love' Daily Telegraph

The volume also contains an Afterword by the author.

 

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books London
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854597779
SKU
V9781854597779
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Conor McPherson
Conor McPherson is an award-winning Irish playwright. Educated at University College Dublin, he went on to found the Fly by Night Theatre Company, which produced several of his early plays. His best-known works include The Weir (Royal Court, winner of the 1999 Olivier Award for Best New Play), Dublin Carol (Altantic Theater Company, New York) and The Seafarer (National Theatre, ... Read more

Reviews for McPherson Plays:Two (The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Come On Over)
'Already heir to the great Irish tradition of absorbing tale-telling'
Guardian
'The finest dramatist of his generation'
Telegraph

Goodreads reviews for McPherson Plays:Two (The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Come On Over)


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