De Ierse toneelschrijver Tom Murphy wordt geprezen om zijn intense verkenningen van de Ierse samenleving en haar complexe nalatenschap. Zijn toneelstukken graven vaak de verborgen spanningen en blijvende gevolgen van historische gebeurtenissen in het hedendaagse leven op. Murphy's stijl kenmerkt zich door rauw realisme en een indringend psychologisch inzicht in zijn personages. Door zijn werk onderzoekt hij thema's als identiteit, herinnering en de aanhoudende zoektocht naar betekenis in een dynamisch veranderende wereld.
The collection features a series of poignant poems that draw from the author's personal life experiences and keen observations. Each piece captures the nuances of everyday moments and emotions, reflecting on themes of love, loss, and the beauty of the ordinary. Through vivid imagery and thoughtful language, the poems invite readers to connect deeply with their own experiences and find resonance in the shared human condition.
The second collection of plays by "The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today" Brian FrielIn Conversations on a Homecoming, Michael returns from America to Ireland for a long-awaited reunion with his drinking companions: "A bilious bar-room comedy on the irreducible elements in the Irish character and the death of the Kennedy dream" (Observer), Bailegangaire "is as complex and haunting as one of Yeats' later poems…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 themeselves from the prison of remembered unhappiness. "Here is a potent allegory - of the need to exorcise the past and its myths if one is to be happy in the future." (Sunday Telegraph) Tom Murphy was born in Tuam, County Galway, his other plays include Conversations on a Home Coming, Balegangaire and A Thief of Christmas; The Morning After Optimism, The Sanctuary Lamp and The Gigli Concert as well as more recently Cupa Coffee and The Wake (1996), and She Stoops to Folly. His career has been closely associated with The Abbey Theatre, Dublin who have produced many of his plays.
The Irish playwright Tom Murphy's first novel. Featuring a 38-year-old who returns from America to the small Irish town of her childhood, it is a story about the awakening of a woman's capacities for love and sex, and a tale of family rivalries.
The play is about a wealthy man who has become a prey to drink and is brought back to the right path when he sees the need to oppose the evil manipulations of a villain. Tom Murphy is one of the top playwrights still writing in Ireland.
Vera O'Toole, a call-girl in New York, sustains herself with the dream that she can some day be reconciled to her family in Ireland, but when she returns home her dream turns to nightmare
At the heart of the play is a character grappling with an emotional and moral crisis, desperately seeking meaning and a sense of identity. This exploration delves into profound themes of self-discovery and the human condition, highlighting the struggles individuals face when confronted with their inner turmoil. Through this journey, the narrative examines the complexities of personal growth and the quest for purpose in a challenging world.
The Sanctuary Lamp is set in a church. "Murphy, in the best traditions of Bunuel, takes a hallowed institution and populates it with social misfits who desecrate every convention in both thought and action…Murphy's savage indignation is unbearably true…" (Irish Times)
