{"product_id":"new-plays-from-the-abbey-judy-friel-9780815607236","title":"New Plays from the Abbey Theatre: Volume Two, 1996-1998","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese selected plays illustrate the extraordinary variety of Irish drama today as well as the brilliance of Irish playwrights, both seasoned veterans and those beginning to build reputations on the stages of the world's premier national theater, The Abbey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first play, \u003ci\u003eSour Grapes\u003c\/i\u003e by award-winning playwright Michael Harding, explores the taboos of seminary life including pedophilia and homosexuality. Thomas Kilroy's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Fall of Constance Wilde\u003c\/i\u003e tells the historical drama of the marriage of Constance to Oscar Wilde and recounts the tragedy that was her marriage and life. Interlocking lived of a varied group of eight morally adrift young Dublin women and men, Alex Johnston's dramatic comedy \u003ci\u003eMelonfarmer\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the difficulty of human communication in a fast-paced urban society.\u003ci\u003e By the Bog of Cats \u003c\/i\u003eby Marina Carr completes the volume in an intense, profound, and poetic tragedy of brutal Irish rural-Midlands life in which money and land outweigh all other values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judy Friel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815607237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815607236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.02w x 0.60d","brand":"Judy Friel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926466003199,"sku":"9780815607236","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1a409d4d-3409-418d-a0f1-8ce6ece6df39.jpg?v=1681083226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-plays-from-the-abbey-judy-friel-9780815607236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}