A Touch of the Poet

A Touch of the Poet
Author: Eugene O'Neill
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1994-06
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822213932

THE STORY: As told by Chapman, (NY News): The time of the play is 1828, and the setting is a tavern in a village near Boston. The tavern is owned by a tempestuous Irishman, Con Melody, who is as proud as he is ill-tempered. He had been born with w

The Aran Islands

The Aran Islands
Author: John Millington Synge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1912
Genre: Aran Islands
ISBN:

Little Gem

Little Gem
Author: Elaine Murphy
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2009
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Elaine Murphy's debut play won the Best of Edinburgh Award and was critically acclaimed at the Traverse Theatre.

The Home Place

The Home Place
Author: Brian Friel
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571301045

The year is 1878. The widowed Christopher Gore, his son David and their housekeeper Margaret, the woman with whom they are both in love, live at The Lodge in Ballybeg. But in this era of unrest at the dawn of Home Rule, their seemingly serene life is threatened by the arrival of Christopher's English cousin, who unwittingly ignites deep animosity among the villagers of Ballybeg. The Home Place premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in February 2005.

Woman and Scarecrow

Woman and Scarecrow
Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2010
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822224167

THE STORY: A passionate woman--mother of eight children and wife to a remorseful husband--now facing death, looks back over her life and asks what could have been. Pathos and bitter humor mix in this powerful play from one of Ireland's leading dramat

The Seafarer

The Seafarer
Author: Conor McPherson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2008
Genre: Dublin (Ireland)
ISBN: 9780822222842

THE STORY: THE SEAFARER is a chilling new play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth. It's Christmas Eve, and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and

Woody Sez

Woody Sez
Author: Woody Guthrie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1975
Genre:
ISBN:

Dublin Carol

Dublin Carol
Author: Conor McPherson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2003
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822219507

THE STORY: DUBLIN CAROL centers around John Plunkett, an undertaker in his late fifties. The play is divided into three scenes, all of which take place in his office in Dublin on Christmas Eve. In the morning we see John interacting with Mark, a tw

The Cordelia Dream

The Cordelia Dream
Author: Marina Carr
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2014-09-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571319173

Haunted by her dream of Cordelia and Lear, a woman confronts an elderly man, her lifelong antagonist and rival. During their passionate altercation he dismisses her success as a composer and demands she make the ultimate sacrifice: for him to flourish she, his protégée, must be silent. Five years later, she returns for a final and devastating encounter. Marina Carr's The Cordelia Dream premiered in December 2008 at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.