{"product_id":"druid-theatre-1975-2025-patrick-lonergan-9781350542563","title":"Druid Theatre 1975-2025: 50 Years of New Irish Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarking the 50th anniversary of one of the world's leading theatre companies, this book collects six of its most impactful plays together in one volume for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDruid Theatre is Ireland's leading theatre company. Since their origin in 1975 they have surprised, delighted, and inspired audiences worldwide, touring from their home city of Galway in the west of Ireland to countless other locations nationally and internationally. Under the leadership of Garry Hynes, the first woman to win a Tony Award for directing, the company has revitalised the Irish dramatic tradition by staging seminal new plays and by breathing life into neglected classics. This anthology celebrates that tradition by gathering together six key plays from Druid's fifty-year history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing an exciting blend of established and unjustly forgotten playwrights this collection also provides insight into the company's history. Edited by Barry Houlihan, Patrick Lonergan, and Máiréad Ní Chróinín, each play is accompanied by a short introduction and production images (many of them never published before) from Druid's archive at the University of Galway. The plays include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wood of the Whispering\u003c\/i\u003e by MJ Molloy \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSame Old Moon\u003c\/i\u003e by Geraldine Aron \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations on a Homecoming\u003c\/i\u003e by Tom Murphy \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Black Pig's Dyke \u003c\/i\u003eby Vincent Woods \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lonesome West\u003c\/i\u003e by Martin McDonagh \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beacon\u003c\/i\u003e by Nancy Harris \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe selection of plays allows key themes from Druid's history to be seen more clearly - to allow readers to understand how the company has so fearlessly charted the boundaries between the realistic and the fantastic, the past and the present, and the individual and the wider society. It also presents six plays that are of huge value in their own right: these are original and daring dramas that have shaped and defined a half-century of Irish playwriting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Lonergan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350542563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350542563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Patrick Lonergan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427357933823,"sku":"9781350542563","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4afb8ad9-c41d-4e5f-9709-6a51bcf09bdf.jpg?v=1761579063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/druid-theatre-1975-2025-patrick-lonergan-9781350542563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}