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A senile bedridden old woman rehearses over and over again an epic tale of a village laughing match. Meanwhile her two granddaughters struggle to release themselves from the prison of remembered unhappiness.

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The remarkable 1985 play that helped to put Tom Murphy up alongside Brian Friel as one of the great masters of modern Irish playwriting. Scotsman Murphy ... is among Irelamd's greatest living dramatists. Bailegangaire ... can only further enhance his reputation. Sunday Herald Murphy's writing has the emotional weight and the intellectual athleticism of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Sunday Herald

Bailegangaire Methuen Modern Plays

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Publication Date: 1/15/2001 12:08:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780413771216, 978-0413771216
      ISBN10: 0413771210

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A senile bedridden old woman rehearses over and over again an epic tale of a village laughing match. Meanwhile her two granddaughters struggle to release themselves from the prison of remembered unhappiness.

      Trade Review
      The remarkable 1985 play that helped to put Tom Murphy up alongside Brian Friel as one of the great masters of modern Irish playwriting. Scotsman Murphy ... is among Irelamd's greatest living dramatists. Bailegangaire ... can only further enhance his reputation. Sunday Herald Murphy's writing has the emotional weight and the intellectual athleticism of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Sunday Herald

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