| Murphy Plays: 5: The Wake; Too Late for Logic; The House; Alice Trilogy Contributor(s): Murphy, Tom (Author), Grene, Nicholas (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0713683635 ISBN-13: 9780713683639 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: Murphy Plays: 5 brings together four of the author's recent works: The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy. The Wake recounts the story of a woman returning from the United States to her home town in Ireland. Hailed by The Times, Too Late for Logic has been called "A major new play . . . these scenes are beautifully imagined, ache with feeling, and flower into incidents of piercing sadness or absurd laughter." Described by The Irish Times, The House is "The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage." Alice Trilogy dramatizes three stages in Alice's life: 1980, 1995, and 2005. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.32" W x 7.74" (0.69 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Murphy Plays: 5 brings together four of the authors recent works: The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy. The Wake recounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her years as a prostitute, she finds the drewam of her homecoming turning into a nightmare. A homecoming play that is haunting yet fiercely comic. Too Late for Logic: A major new play...these scenes are beautifully imagined, ache with feeling, and flower into incidents of piercing sadness or absurd laughter (The Times) The House: The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage (Irish Times) Alice Trilogy dramatises three stages in Alice's life: 1980, in the afternoon murk of her attic, is Alice losing her grip on reality? 1995, she has summoned a lost love to meet her by the gasworks wall. 2005, at the airport: if the worst has happened, why is it bearable? |