{"product_id":"murphy-plays-tom-murphy-9780713683639","title":"Murphy Plays: 5: The Wake; Too Late for Logic; The House; Alice Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurphy Plays: 5 brings together four of the authors recent works: The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToo 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) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe House: \"The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage\" (Irish Times) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice Trilogy dramatises three stages in Alice's life: 1980, in the afternoon murk of her attic, is Alice losing her grip on reality? 1995, she has summoned a lost love to meet her by the gasworks wall. 2005, at the airport: if the worst has happened, why is it bearable?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0713683635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713683639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 5.32w x 0.92d","brand":"Tom Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451028361471,"sku":"9780713683639","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3afd174-0096-4a4e-b16f-b543a056f124.jpg?v=1735876216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murphy-plays-tom-murphy-9780713683639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}