Frank McGuinness Plays 2
Mary and Lizzie; Someone Who'll Watch Over Me; Dolly West's Kitchen; The Bird Sanctuary
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:4th Mar '02
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Frank McGuinness Plays 2 includes Mary and Lizzie, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Dolly West's Kitchen and The Bird Sanctuary.
This second collection of works from one of Ireland's major writers contains McGuinness's plays from 1989 to 1999, including "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me", "Mary and Lizzie" and Dolly West's Kitchen". "The Bird Sanctuary" is published here for the first time.
This second collection of Frank McGuinness contains his beautifully lyrical plays from 1989 to 1999. The Bird Sanctuary is published here for the first time. The collection also includes Mary and Lizzie, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, and is introduced by the author.
Mary and Lizzie
'An extraordinary, outlandish script . . . Intriguing and sharply irreverent.' Time Out
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
'Frank McGuinness's brilliant play, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, not only penetrates the minds of three disparate man who fetch up as hostages in Lebanon, but also evokes a terrifyingly unnatural situation with remarkable conviction.' Sunday Express
Dolly West's Kitchen
'No play has ever looked into Ireland's past and found there its future with the mix of wit and wisdom, death and despair, life and love, that characterises every line and every corner and every moment of Dolly West's Kitchen.' Spectator
"Someone Who'll Watch Over Me: 'Frank McGuinness's sensitive, absorbing play'. The Times Dolly West's Kitchen: 'No play has ever looked into Ireland's past and found there its future with the mix of wit and wisdom, death and despair, life and love, that characterises every line and every corner and every moment of Dolly West's Kitchen'. Spectator
ISBN: 9780571212484
Dimensions: 196mm x 125mm x 24mm
Weight: 245g
352 pages
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