The theatre of Tom Murphy : playwright adventurer / Nicholas Grene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grene, Nicholas, author.

Series:

Critical companions (London, England)

Critical companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murphy, Thomas, 1935-2018--Criticism and interpretation.

Murphy, Thomas.

Murphy, Thomas, 1935-2018.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Drama.

Physical Description:

xv, 252 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Contents:

Retrospectives. Growing up in Tuam ; Living in London ; Working with the Abbey ; Partnership with Druid ; Writing, rewriting, recycling

Predicaments of Irish men : On the inside/on the outside, A crucial week in the life of a grocer's assistant, A whistle in the dark. Shut out, shut in ; Staying or going ; Whistling in the dark

Staging history : The Patriot game, Famine. Commemoration ; Trauma

Beyond mimicry : The Blue Macushla, the White House, Conversations on a homecoming. Borrowing a style ; Images ; Orchestrating the ordinary

The pursuit of property : The wake, The house. Grasping and letting go ; House and home

Worlds of their own : the morning after optimism ; The sanctuary lamp. Astray in the forest ; Holed up in the church

Words and music : Too late for logic, The Gigli concern. To be or not to be ; Myth, music, magic

The lives of women : Alice trilogy, The Mommo plays. Innerworlds ; Telling their story

Critical perspectives. Interview with Tom Murphy ; Misfortunes : A thief of a Christmas and Bailegangaire / Lucy McDiarmid ; About survival : reading Murphy with Lyotard / Alexandra Poulain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472568113

1472568117

OCLC:

974672788