{"product_id":"deirdre-kinahan-shorts-paperback","title":"Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeirdre Kinahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe short play - very traditional to Irish theatre - is a little jewel of a structure, a lightning flash on a different world, the illumination made all the more acute by brevity' Deirdre Kinahan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeirdre Kinahan is an award-winning playwright and member of Aosdána, Ireland's elected organisation of outstanding artists. This volume brings together five of her short plays, taken from the full span of her writing career, each of them shining a light into a forgotten corner of our humanity, giving voice to irrepressible characters that the world has done its best to overlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBé Carna\u003c\/em\u003e (Tall Tales, 1999), five women reflect on their lives as prostitutes on the streets of Dublin, a dark tale inspired by true-life stories, reverberating with humanity, warmth and comic humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Hue \u0026amp; Cry\u003c\/em\u003e (Tall Tales\/Bewley's Café Theatre, 2007), two Dublin cousins, Damian and Kevin, are reunited for a family funeral in a highly charged encounter full of disillusion, denial and dark laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBogboy\u003c\/em\u003e (Tall Tales\/Solstice Arts Centre, 2010), originally written as a radio play for RTÉ, two lost souls - a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer - discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath, until a terrible secret comes to light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWild Notes\u003c\/em\u003e (Solas Nua, Washington D.C., 2018) explores the impact of colonialism through a meeting between Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave and abolitionist who visited Ireland in the 1840s, and a young Irishwoman hoping to emigrate to the country he's running from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Old Song, Half Forgotten\u003c\/em\u003e (Abbey Theatre, 2023) opens a window into the life and soul of an older actor who is living in care with Alzheimer's disease, rebuilding a man just as he begins to crack and fade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeirdre Kinahan\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning playwright and a member of Aosdána, Ireland's elected body of outstanding artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer plays include: \u003cem\u003eAn Old Song, Half Forgotten\u003c\/em\u003e (Abbey Theatre, 2023); \u003cem\u003eOutrage\u003c\/em\u003e (Fishamble, 2022); \u003cem\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/em\u003e (Draiocht, Dublin Theatre Festival 2021); \u003cem\u003eThe Saviour\u003c\/em\u003e (Landmark Productions, 2021); \u003cem\u003eIn the Middle of the Fields\u003c\/em\u003e (Solas Nua DC, 2021); \u003cem\u003eEmbargo\u003c\/em\u003e (Fishamble 2020); \u003cem\u003eDear Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e (Abbey Theatre, 2020); \u003cem\u003eThe Bloodied Field\u003c\/em\u003e (Abbey Theatre 2020); \u003cem\u003eRathmines Road\u003c\/em\u003e (Fishamble and Abbey Theatre, 2018); \u003cem\u003eCrossings\u003c\/em\u003e (Pentabus Theatre, 2018); \u003cem\u003eThe Unmanageable Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e, an adaptation of Michel Tremblay's \u003cem\u003eLes Belles Soeurs\u003c\/em\u003e (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2018); \u003cem\u003eWild Sky\u003c\/em\u003e (Dublin, 2016); \u003cem\u003eSpinning\u003c\/em\u003e (Fishamble, 2014); \u003cem\u003eHalcyon Days\u003c\/em\u003e (Solstice Arts Centre, Co. Meath, and Dublin Theatre Festival, 2012); and \u003cem\u003eMoment\u003c\/em\u003e (Solstice Arts Centre, Co. Meath, 2009; Bush Theatre, London, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289184743673,"sku":"9781848429321","price":53.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/51d1Tl8MED9781848429321.webp?v=1776258953","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/deirdre-kinahan-shorts-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}