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The Walworth Farce
Enda Walsh
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Description for The Walworth Farce
Paperback. It's 11 o'clock in the morning in a council flat in south London. In two hours' time, as is normal, three Irishmen will have consumed six cans of Harp, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers and one oven-cooked chicken in a strange blue sauce. Also in two hours' time, as is normal, five people will have been killed. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives. Visceral and tender, The Walworth Farce combines hilarious moments with shocking realism.
It's 11 o'clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road in London. In two hours' time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of Harp, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers and one oven-cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours' time, as is normal, five people will have been killed.
Enda Walsh's play ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599971
SKU
V9781854599971
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
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 The Walworth Farce
'An unsettling but exhilarating blend of the hilarious with the horrifying'
Irish Times
'Walsh has outdone himself with a new play more complex, dark and emotionally rich than any of his previous efforts... a theatrical experience that claws at the imagination for days afterwards'
Variety
'If there is a bleaker, funnier or more desperate play in ... Read more
Irish Times
'Walsh has outdone himself with a new play more complex, dark and emotionally rich than any of his previous efforts... a theatrical experience that claws at the imagination for days afterwards'
Variety
'If there is a bleaker, funnier or more desperate play in ... Read more