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050 00 $aPR8869$b.N48 1996
082 00 $a822/.914080415$220
245 00 $aNew plays from the Abbey Theatre, 1993-1995
/$cMichael Harding ... [et. al] ; edited and with an
introduction by Christopher Fitz-Simon and Sanford
Sternlicht.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University
Press,$cc1996.
300 $axxiv, 315 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
505 00 $tHubert Murray's Widow /$rMichael Harding --
$tSheep's Milk on the Boil /$rTom Mac Intyre -- $tAsylum!
Asylum! /$rDonal O'Kelly -- $tDuty Master /$rNeil Donnelly
-- $tLittle Like Paradise /$rNiall Williams.
520 1 $a"This anthology invites readers to experience
five of the best new plays produced since 1993 in Ireland's
famous Abbey Theatre." "Michael Harding's Hubert Murray's
Widow, his fourth play for the Abbey, is a surreal nightmare
revolving around a killing and a funeral. With a macabre
sense of humor, he explores the sense of confusion and harsh
reality of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland's border
counties today." "Neil Donnelly has had five plays produced
by the National Theatre Society since 1980. His comedy, The
Duty Master, deals with an Irish-born school teacher who has
rejected his roots to the extent that he has become "more
English than the English." Marital strife, combined with a
visit from his brother to the exclusive public school north
of London where he works, results in his being forced to
reconsider his personal and national identity." "In Asylum!
Asylum! Donal O'Kelly explores the mysteries and horrors of
Irish Asylum Law (or the lack of it). With humor,
compassion, and anger, O'Kelly presents the plight of an
illegal African immigrant." "Niall Williams's A Little Like
Paradise depicts with hope and humor the regeneration of a
small Western Irish town unknown to the European community
and ignored by Dublin." "The final play in the collection,
Tom Mac Intyre's Sheep's Milk on the Boil is set on a remote
island off the Irish coast."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEnglish drama$xIrish authors.
650 0 $aEnglish drama$y20th century.
651 0 $aIreland$xDrama.
700 1 $aHarding, Michael P.,$d1953-
700 1 $aFitz-Simon, Christopher.
700 1 $aSternlicht, Sanford V.
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