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Shoot the Crow
Owen McCafferty
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Description for Shoot the Crow
Paperback. A comic portrait of how work gets in the way of life, this book tells the story of one Friday at the end of a long week for four Northern Irishmen on the scam. Ding-Ding wants a bucket to start his own window-cleaning business. Randolph dreams of escaping on a motorbike. They have a plan as to how to raise the cash. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 91.
An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.
It's Friday. The end of a long week for four Belfast tilers. Ding-Dong wants a bucket. Randolph dreams of a motorbike. They have plans. But then, so do their workmates Petesy and Socrates. How they get what they want leads to further plans – all conflicting – and one almighty scam.
Owen McCafferty's play Shoot the Crow was first staged by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway, in February 1997.
It received its British premiere in February 2003 at the ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854597267
SKU
V9781854597267
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Owen McCafferty
Owen McCafferty is a Belfast-based playwright. His plays include: Quietly (Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, 2013); an adaptation of JP Miller’s Days of Wine and Roses (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2005); Scenes from the Big Picture (National Theatre, London, 2003); Shoot the Crow (Druid, Galway, 1997; Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2003); Mojo Mickybo (Kabosh, Belfast, 1998); No Place Like ... Read more
Reviews for Shoot the Crow
'A classic "work play"... the dialogue crackles with demotic energy, the beautifully drawn characters are poignant as well as funny, and the neat plot holds it all satisfyingly together'
Daily Telegraph
'This dramatist has humane warmth and a lovely ear for chat'
Independent
'Shoot the Crow rip-roars as a rich full comedy of small lives, big ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
'This dramatist has humane warmth and a lovely ear for chat'
Independent
'Shoot the Crow rip-roars as a rich full comedy of small lives, big ... Read more