{"product_id":"9780713683639","title":"Murphy Plays: 5 The Wake; Too Late for Logic; The House; Alice Trilogy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContemporary Dramatists\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMurphy Plays: 5\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Wake; Too Late for Logic; The House; Alice Trilogy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTom Murphy | Nicholas Grene\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurphy Plays: 5 brings together four of the authors recent works: The Wake, Too Late for Logic, The House, and Alice Trilogy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe House: \"The most compelling indictment of emigration ever committed to the stage\" (Irish Times) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Murphy was born in Tuam, County Galway. His plays include Conversations on a Home Coming, Balegangaire, A Thief of Christmas, The Morning After Optimism, The Sanctuary Lamp, The Gigli Concert, The Wake, She Stoops to Folly and Alice Trilogy. His career has been closely associated with The Abbey Theatre, Dublin who have produced many of his plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 October 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713683639\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369844146316,"sku":"9780713683639","price":27.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_aabdec40-1fa3-49ba-89a0-97cd9f0998cb.jpg?v=1783880685","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780713683639","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}