Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland's troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.
Features four plays - three monologues and a three-hander.
The extraordinary musical by Conor McPherson, set in a 1930s Minnesota guesthouse, full of hope, heartbreak and soul, featuring the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan.
The third volume of Conor McPherson's collected plays, covering a decade of writing. With a Foreword by the author.
McPherson's four most recent plays in one volume: The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority and Come on Over.
"It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul--Cover
Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one of his first clients. John's wife has been killed in a car accident and he keeps seeing her ghost. As John recovers, with Ian's help, Ian himself is going under with troubles of his own.
L'hiver à la campagne, le thé à sept heures du matin, les soirées interminables le dégoût des autres et surtout de soi-même... L'ennui est là, comme une espèce de boue gluante dans laquelle on s'enlise, comme des sables mouvants qui les engloutiront tous, Vania, Sonia, Astrov... Dans un dernier sursaut, ils sortent la tête, essaient de haïr, d'aimer, de tuer, de se tuer... Ils n'en ont plus la force, ni l'envie. Rien que de penser à tout ce qu'ils auraient pu faire... Oui, mais quoi ? Ailleurs, sans doute, il existe autre chose, une autre vie... En Afrique, il fait chaud... Tchékhov, peintre génial et docteur impuissant du terrible mal de ne pas vivre.
Born in Dublin in 1971, Conor McPherson is this year's Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright. Set in a bar in a remote part of Ireland, 'The Weir' tells of a young woman who has a story to frighten the locals out of their lives
An inimitably warm and stylish play that deftly mines the humanity to be found in the most unlikely of situations. Tommy's not a bad man, he's getting by. Renting a run-down room in his uncle Maurice's house, just about keeping his ex-wife and kids at arm's length and rolling from one get-rich-quick scheme to the other with his pal Doc. Then one day he comes to the aid of Aimee, who's not had it easy herself, struggling through life the only way she knows how. Their past won't let go easily. But together there's a glimmer of hope they could make something more of their lives. Something extraordinary. Perhaps. The Night Alive premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London in June 2013, directed by Conor McPherson.