Mr Tom Murphy: 3 books
The Mommo Plays
Brigit; Bailegangaire; A Thief of a Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Brigit
I'd like it to be perfect . . . Beautiful . . . The statue . . . Unbeatable? . . . I'd like it to be what I feel . . . And I don't know what that is.
Set in the 1950s, Brigit, a prequel to Murphy's critically-acclaimed Bailegangaire (1985), tells the story of Mommo and Séamus,...
by Mr Tom Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
"The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today" Brian Friel
Modelled on Oliver Goldsmith's classic novel The Vicar of Wakefield, Murphy builds a comedy peopled with thieves, pimps, bawds, lechers and imposters who will prey...
by Mr Tom Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
"The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today" Brian Friel
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 learns their attitudes and Irish society in general. A homecoming play, haunting yet fiercely comic.