Rough Magic Theatre Company

New Irish Plays and Adaptations, 2010-2018

Ms. Hilary Fannin, Mr Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly , Shane Mac an Bhaird

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Methuen Drama
09 January 2020

Plays & playscripts; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Celebrating the work of one of Ireland’s most daring theatre companies, this anthology gathers five plays by established and emerging playwrights. They include vibrant new adaptations of the world classics Peer Gynt and Phaedra alongside vital new dramas that explore issues of urgent contemporary concern, such as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change. With contributions from Hilary Fannin and Ellen Cranitch, Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Morna Regan, and Shane Mac an Bhaird – as well as a foreword from Booker Prize-winning novelist Anne Enright - this book is an exciting snapshot of contemporary Irish playwriting. The book operates as a showcase of outstanding new Irish playwriting, blending work by established and emerging playwrights, and also acts as a celebration of one of Ireland’s most important theatre companies. And it includes new plays that demonstrate Rough Magic’s consistent willingness to push the boundaries of Irish theatre, both formally and thematically, in plays that cover such topics as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change. This edition contains a foreword by Anne Enright, Booker prize winner and Laureate of Irish Fiction.

By: Ms. Hilary Fannin, Mr Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Shane Mac an Bhaird, Morna Regan
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781350119796
ISBN 10: 1350119792
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 09 January 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction by Patrick Lonergan, Preface by Lynne Parker from Rough Magic Theatre Company Foreword by Anne Enright Each play is prefaced by an introductory essay by each of the playwrights. Phaedra by Hilary Fannin and Ellen Cranitch Peer Gynt by Arthur Riordan The House Keeper by Morna Regan How to Keep an Alien by Sonya Kelly Melt by Shane Mac an Bhaird

Patrick Lonergan is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at National University of Ireland, Galway. He has written or edited six previous publications for Methuen Drama including the books The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh (2012) and Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950 (2019). With Kevin Wetmore he is co-editor of Methuen Drama’s Critical Companions series.