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The Theatre of Tom Murphy: Playwright Adventurer

Posted By: roxul
The Theatre of Tom Murphy: Playwright Adventurer

Nicholas Grene, "The Theatre of Tom Murphy: Playwright Adventurer "
English | ISBN: 1472568117 | 2017 | 272 pages | PDF | 16 MB

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
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