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Murphy Plays: 5 brings together four of the authors recent works: The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy.


The Wake recounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her years as a prostitute, she finds the drewam of her homecoming turning into a nightmare. A homecoming play that is haunting yet fiercely comic.


Too Late for Logic: A major new play...these scenes are beautifully imagined, ache with feeling, and flower into incidents of piercing sadness or absurd laughter (The Times)


The House: The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage (Irish Times)

Table of Contents
The Wake; Too Late for Logic; The House; Alice Trilogy

Murphy Plays 5

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    A Paperback by Tom Murphy, Professor Nicholas Grene

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/9/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780713683639, 978-0713683639
      ISBN10: 0713683635

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Murphy Plays: 5 brings together four of the authors recent works: The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy.


      The Wake recounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her years as a prostitute, she finds the drewam of her homecoming turning into a nightmare. A homecoming play that is haunting yet fiercely comic.


      Too Late for Logic: A major new play...these scenes are beautifully imagined, ache with feeling, and flower into incidents of piercing sadness or absurd laughter (The Times)


      The House: The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage (Irish Times)

      Table of Contents
      The Wake; Too Late for Logic; The House; Alice Trilogy

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