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Frank McGuinness plays one / Frank McGuinness.

By: McGuinness, Frank.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Contemporary classics (London, England).Publisher: London : Faber and Faber, 1996Description: xi, 399 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0571177409.Uniform titles: Plays one. Subject(s): English drama -- Irish authors | English drama -- 20th century -- Irish authors | Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History -- DramaDDC classification: 822.914
Contents:
The Factory Girls -- Observe the Sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme -- Innocence -- Carthaginians -- Baglady.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 822.914 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00166428
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This first collection by Frank McGuinness contains plays from the 1980s, including his major work of that decade, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme , a powerful and profoundly moving study of a group of Ulster Protestant volunteers in the Great War. The book also contains Carthaginians , set in a Derry graveyard in the aftermath of the Bloody Sunday killings, Innocence , McGuinness's vigorous drama based on the life of Caravaggio, The Factory Girls and Baglady .

The Factory Girls -- Observe the Sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme -- Innocence -- Carthaginians -- Baglady.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana, County Donegal, in 1953. He lives in Dublin and lectures in English at University College, Dublin. His many plays include The Factory Girls (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1982), Baglady (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1985), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Abbey Theatre, 1985; Hampstead Theatre, London, 1986, and winner of the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright), Innocence (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1986), Carthaginians (Abbey Theatre, 1988; Hampstead Theatre, London 1989), Mary and Lizzie (RSC, 1989), The Bread Man (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1991), Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (Hampstead, West End and Broadway, 1992), The Bird Sanctuary (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1992), Mutabilitie (Royal National Theatre, 1997) and Dolly West's Kitchen (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1999; Old Vic, 2000). His numerous translations include Chekhov's Three

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