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The Theatre of Tom Murphy: Playwright Adventurer

Patrick Lonergan

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Tom Murphy shot to fame with the London production of A Whistle in the Dark in 1961, establishing him as the outstanding Irish playwright of his generation. The international success of DruidMurphy, the 2012-13 staging of three of his major plays by the Druid Theatre Company, served to underline his continuing appeal and importance. This is the first full scale academic study devoted to his theatre, providing an overview of all his work, with a detailed reading of his most significant texts.
His powerful and searchingly honest engagement with Irish history and society is reflected in the violent Whistle in the Dark, the epic Famine , the often hilarious Conversations on a Homecoming and the darkly Chekhovian The House . Folklore and myth figure more prominently in the spiritual drama of The Sanctuary Lamp , the Faustian Gigli Concert and the women's stories of Bailegangaire . The range and reach of Murphy's theatre is demonstrated in this informed reading, supported by key interviews with the playwright himself and his most important theatrical and critical interpreters.

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Release: December 27, 2018

ISBN 13: 9781472568106

The Theatre of Tom Murphy: Playwright Adventurer

Patrick Lonergan

0/5 ( ratings)

Tom Murphy shot to fame with the London production of A Whistle in the Dark in 1961, establishing him as the outstanding Irish playwright of his generation. The international success of DruidMurphy, the 2012-13 staging of three of his major plays by the Druid Theatre Company, served to underline his continuing appeal and importance. This is the first full scale academic study devoted to his theatre, providing an overview of all his work, with a detailed reading of his most significant texts.
His powerful and searchingly honest engagement with Irish history and society is reflected in the violent Whistle in the Dark, the epic Famine , the often hilarious Conversations on a Homecoming and the darkly Chekhovian The House . Folklore and myth figure more prominently in the spiritual drama of The Sanctuary Lamp , the Faustian Gigli Concert and the women's stories of Bailegangaire . The range and reach of Murphy's theatre is demonstrated in this informed reading, supported by key interviews with the playwright himself and his most important theatrical and critical interpreters.

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Release: December 27, 2018

ISBN 13: 9781472568106

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