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5%OFFConor McPherson - The Veil - 9781848422025 - V9781848422025
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The Veil

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Description for The Veil Paperback. Conor McPherson's new play weaves Ireland's troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time. World premiere at the National Theatre in 2011. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.

Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time. 

May 1822, rural Ireland. The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany seventeen year-old Hannah to England. She is to be married off to a marquis in order to resolve the debts of her mother’s estate. However, compelled by the strange voices that haunt his beautiful young charge and a fascination with the psychic current that ... Read more

Conor McPherson's play The Veil was first performed in the Lyttelton auditorium of the National Theatre, London, in September 2011.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books London
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848422025
SKU
V9781848422025
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99-50

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 The Veil
'An atmospheric and haunting tale of lost souls'
Evening Standard
'Bold and intriguing... McPherson keeps you guessing to the last'
Financial Times

Goodreads reviews for The Veil


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