The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle of the Belfast City; Steward of Christendom; Cripple of Inishmaan
by Behan, Brendan; Reid, Christina; McDonagh, Martin; Barry, Sebastian; Murphy, Tom; Lonergan, PatrickFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-08-04
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
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Summary
Introduced by Patrick Lonergan, The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Playsbrings together five major works from the Irish dramatic canon of the last sixty years in one outstanding collection.Behan'sThe Hostage, depicting the capture and death of a British soldier by the IRA, was first produced by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1958 and was declared'a masterpiece'byThe Times.Murphy'sBailegangaire(1985) portrays a senile old woman's recitation of an epic tale to her two granddaughters who struggle to free themselves from her and exorcise the past.Reid'sThe Belle of the Belfast City,winner of the George Devine Award in 1986, examines the tensions present in three generations of women in a Belfast-Protestant family during the week of an anti-Anglo-Irish rally.Sebastian Barry'sThe Steward of Christendomwon the LondonCritics' Circle Award for Best Play 1995and was heralded by theGuardianas'an authentic masterpiece'.McDonagh's 1996 playThe Cripple of Inishmaanis a strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. McDonagh was awarded theEvening StandardAward for Most Promising Playwright.
Author Biography
Brendan Behan (1923-64) found fame and notoriety with his work and Republican sympathies. Christina Reid, from Belfast, came to prominence in the 1980s. Tom Murphy's many plays are collected into 5 volumes by Methuen Drama; his most recent play opened in Dublin in 2006. Martin McDonagh's first play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, was the 1996 winner of the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Sebastian Barry is a poet, dramatist and novelist. Patrick Lonergan is professor of English at the National University of Ireland.
Table of Contents
| The Hostage | p. 1 |
| Bailegangaire | p. 111 |
| The Belle of the Belfast City | p. 183 |
| The Steward of Christendom | p. 263 |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan | p. 331 |
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