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32 produkter
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Häftad, 2016
142 kr
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Speak. Speak loud and clear. Let them hear you in Belfast. Let the Fenians hear it everywhere. Let the Hun hear the sons of Ulster preaching war.On 1 July 1916, the 36th (Ulster) Division took part in one of the bloodiest battles in human history, the Battle of the Somme. In the extraordinary …
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
Häftad, 1992
219 kr
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An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness explores the daily crisis endured by hostages whose strength comes from …
Hanging Gardens
Häftad, 2013
201 kr
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Now we have a family, a rivalry, a purpose.A writer and his wife sit together in their garden. They are surrounded by a lifetime's work; their home, their gardens and their children. Rachel wants to be congratulated on her pregnancy, Maurice is struggling for his father's acceptance and Charlie …
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
E-bok, 2013
131 kr
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An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness explores the daily crisis endured by hostages whose strength comes from …
Visiting Hour
Häftad, 2021
151 kr
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You used to swing me on our garden gate. In and out, in and out - out and in, me, on top of the gate, safe because I was in your arms, my father's big strong arms.Recalling events that may or may not have happened, people he may or may not have known, an elderly father weaves his life, funny, …
Doll's House
Av Frank McGuinness, Henrik Ibsen
Häftad, 1996
287 kr
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Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the live of a pampered, indulged child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora's acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound change. To the bewildered Torvald, himself caught in the tight …
Mutabilitie
Häftad, 1997
131 kr
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Set in Ireland in the sixteenth century, Mutabilitie explores the area where myth meets and transforms reality and where the harshness of life is transmuted into hope by the chance meeting of a poet and a playwright.
Dolly West's Kitchen
Häftad, 1999
184 kr
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As the Second World War rages on in Europe, in Donegal there is another war closer to home. In Dolly West's kitchen, her family has its own conflicts to face as their lives are transformed with the arrival of allied troops across the border in Derry. War changes everything - its tragedies, its …
Gates of Gold
Häftad, 2002
184 kr
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Conrad and Gabriel are lovers but when Alma arrives to tend the sick Gabriel, their lives are unpicked and remade. Frank McGuinness's powerful, subtle and funny play explores the territory where boundaries of love, devotion and hate coalesce.Gates of Gold premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in …
Greta Garbo Came to Donegal
E-bok, 2010
148 kr
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In the summer of 1967 Greta Garbo comes to Donegal.Ireland is on the verge of violent change. Two couples are on the verge of parting. A woman tries to save her family, while a girl tries to save her future. Seemingly above it all is the loveliest and loneliest of all women, the great Garbo. But …
Hanging Gardens
E-bok, 2013
143 kr
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Now we have a family, a rivalry, a purpose.A writer and his wife sit together in their garden. They are surrounded by a lifetime's work; their home, their gardens and their children. Rachel wants to be congratulated on her pregnancy, Maurice is struggling for his father's acceptance and Charlie …
Damned by Despair
E-bok, 2012
148 kr
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Obsessed with his own salvation, the hermit Paulo dedicates himself to ten years of prayerful penance. When his faith wavers, the ever-watchful Devil seizes the moment to convince him that he shares the fate of one Enrico, a notorious Neapolitan gangster destined for damnation. Swearing vengeance, …
Match Box
Häftad, 2012
142 kr
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And she grew to be a girl, my daughter. Sing a song, Mary. Sing for grandma and Granda. Sing.The ties that bind can never be broken. For Sal, they hang like a noose around her neck, just loose enough to keep a small but potent flame burning inside.A passionate story of love and hate, The Match Box …
Match Box
E-bok, 2014
145 kr
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And she grew to be a girl, my daughter. Sing a song, Mary. Sing for grandma and Granda. Sing.The ties that bind can never be broken. For Sal, they hang like a noose around her neck, just loose enough to keep a small but potent flame burning inside.A passionate story of love and hate, The Match Box …
Frank McGuinness Plays 1
Factory Girls; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; Innocence; Carthiginians; Baglady
E-bok, 2013
230 kr
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This first collection by Frank McGuinness contains plays from the 1980s, including his major work of that decade, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, a powerful and profoundly moving study of a group of Ulster Protestant volunteers in the Great War. The book also contains …
Gates of Gold
E-bok, 2013
115 kr
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Conrad and Gabriel are lovers but when Alma arrives to tend the sick Gabriel, their lives are unpicked and remade. Frank McGuinness's powerful, subtle and funny play explores the territory where boundaries of love, devotion and hate coalesce.Gates of Gold premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in …
Frank McGuinness Plays 2
Mary and Lizzie; Someone Who'Ll Watch Over Me; Dolly West's Kitchen; the Bird Sanctuary
E-bok, 2013
181 kr
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This second collection of Frank McGuinness contains his beautifully lyrical plays from 1989 to 1999. The Bird Sanctuary is published here for the first time. The collection also includes Mary and Lizzie, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, and is introduced by the author.Mary and …
Mutabilitie
E-bok, 2014
99 kr
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Set in Ireland in the sixteenth century, Mutabilitie explores the area where myth meets and transforms reality and where the harshness of life is transmuted into hope by the chance meeting of a poet and a playwright.
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
E-bok, 2013
148 kr
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'This powerful and subtle play . . . follows the experience of eight men who volunteer to serve in the 36th (Ulster) Division at the beginning of the First World War. It reaches a climax at the start of the terrible battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, the actual anniversary of the battle of the …
Speaking Like Magpies
E-bok, 2013
129 kr
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But I can hear them speaking like magpies,And they mean to thieve his life,The Lord's anointed servant,They mean to kill God.Speaking Like Magpies, specially commissioned by the RSC as part of the Gunpowder Season to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, brings to vibrant life the …
There Came a Gypsy Riding
E-bok, 2013
131 kr
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The McKenna family convenes at their remote West Ireland holiday home to mark the 21st birthday of their late son Gene. Eccentric cousin Bridget appears along the causeway, inviting herself for birthday cake and conversation, and ready to expose a family secret. Even Margaret, the unstoppable …
Dead
By James Joyce in a Dramatisation by
E-bok, 2012
148 kr
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The year is 1904 in the city of Dublin. Gretta and Gabriel Conroy attend the Morkan Sisters annual dinner on the Feast of the Epiphany and the last day of Christmas. An evening of laughter, music and dance ends in an epiphany for Gabriel.Recognised as a masterpiece, The Dead, the short story from …
Donegal
E-bok, 2016
148 kr
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The Day family are Irish country-music royalty and Irene is their queen. Her relatives are completely dependent on her success. But as Irene's star fades, the Days are facing financial destruction. When the heir to her musical throne, Jackie Day, returns from the States with a new girlfriend, …
Visiting Hour
E-bok, 2021
164 kr
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You used to swing me on our garden gate. In and out, in and out - out and in, me, on top of the gate, safe because I was in your arms, my father's big strong arms.Recalling events that may or may not have happened, people he may or may not have known, an elderly father weaves his life, funny, …
Dinner With Groucho
Häftad, 2022
219 kr
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I am honoured to meet you.You are, as they say, a man after my own heart.And you have lifted mine.My heart, that is.Two men, together, on the edge of heaven. In a strange restaurant, two American giants who revere each other, Groucho Marx and T. S. Eliot, meet for dinner. Both in their own ways …
Dinner With Groucho
E-bok, 2022
164 kr
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I am honoured to meet you.You are, as they say, a man after my own heart.And you have lifted mine.My heart, that is.Two men, together, on the edge of heaven. In a strange restaurant, two American giants who revere each other, Groucho Marx and T. S. Eliot, meet for dinner. Both in their own ways …
Tartuffe
Häftad, 2023
139 kr
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Let's see how crafty a picture you paint. You're making a demon out of a saint.In this spectacular dramatic comedy, the villainous Tartuffe shocks and enthrals with his deceptive powers. Charming to some, a danger to others, one family risks losing everything if he gets his way. Molière's exuberant …
Tartuffe
E-bok, 2023
161 kr
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Let's see how crafty a picture you paint. You're making a demon out of a saint.In this spectacular dramatic comedy, the villainous Tartuffe shocks and enthrals with his deceptive powers. Charming to some, a danger to others, one family risks losing everything if he gets his way. Molière's exuberant …
Do You Come From Gomorrah?
Häftad, 2026
142 kr
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his cheekbones so beautiful I have to close my eyes in case he blinds meA young man relives the youth he spent in 'a refuge for wayward boys'. In his memories, the forces of faith, power and money dominate this starkly unsettling institution, where not everything is as it seems. The boys call it …
