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Shining City
Conor McPherson
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Description for Shining City
Paperback. Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one of his first clients. John's wife has been killed in a car accident and he keeps seeing her ghost. As John recovers, with Ian's help, Ian himself is going under with troubles of his own. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96.
A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award winning author of The Weir.
Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one of his first clients. John's wife has been killed in a car accident, and he keeps receiving visits from her ghost. John, with Ian's help, starts to recover. But what begins as an unusual encounter becomes a desperate struggle between the living and the dead – a struggle which will shape and define both of them for the rest of their lives.
Conor McPherson's play Shining City was first performed at the Royal Court ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854598196
SKU
V9781854598196
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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 Shining City
'The finest dramatist of his generation... McPherson is back in business, writing magnificently'
Daily Telegraph
'Quiet, haunting and absolutely glorious... Shining City is as close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets'
New York Times
'Moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping ... scenes that provoke great, generous gales of laughter, others that send a shiver of fear ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
'Quiet, haunting and absolutely glorious... Shining City is as close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets'
New York Times
'Moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping ... scenes that provoke great, generous gales of laughter, others that send a shiver of fear ... Read more