Conor McPherson Boeken

Vijftien Ierse auteurs. Moord en doodslag, onveilige seks, schoonmaakartikelen en een gestolen manuscript. En een goed doel. <i>Doodslag in Dublin</i> is een zeer bijzondere, geestige en briljante literaire thriller; als ook een combinatie van satire en hilarische serie-roman. Het goede doel: een belangrijk deel van de opbrengst van het boek zal naar Amnesty International gaan. Vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk. geschreven door niemand minder dan Roddy Doyle, tot en met het laatste, van de hand van Frank McCourt, wordt de lezer in <i>Doodslag in Dublin</i> meegevoerd op een onvergetelijke speurtocht naar een literaire schat met een geheime formule.

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.

Between them, they manage to have most of the inhabitants questioning their purpose in life, their happiness and, at times, their sanity. David Hare's version of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya opens at Theatre Royal Bath in July 2019.

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