Description
A hilarious but deeply touching comedy of love in the face of social and sexual proscription in Northern Ireland.
About the Author
David Ireland is one of Northern Ireland's hottest young writing talents. He is the former Playwright-in-Residence at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast (from May 2011), the winner of the BBC Radio Drama Award and the prestigious Meyer Whitworth Award, 2011, for Best New Play by an Emerging Writer for Everything Between Us (Tinderbox Theatre Company/Solas Nua). Other plays include What the Animals Say (Oran Mor/Lyric, Belfast), Arguments for Terrorism (Oran Mor), The End of Hope The End of Desire (Oran Mor), Half A Glass of Water (Abbey Theatre) and Yes, So I Said Yes (Ransom Productions).
Reviews
It is cleverly structured through a combination of fresh wit, sharp observational comedy and subtly nuanced characterisations. * Stage *
both light and bold, not to say at times highly emotional. . . . hilarious, direct, and sometimes unsettling . . . beneath the surface, the old religious narrative lives on, into new times. * Scotsman *
David Ireland's romantic comedy . . . contains more than its fair share of pleasant surprises. . . . More refreshing, however, is the warmth the playwright brings to a genre that can often get mired in sourness and cynicism * The Times *
if there's a taboo, Ireland is all too willing to break it. . . . he successfully laces a shallow boy-meets-girl narrative with a sharp insight into the generational conflicts of a post-Troubles Northern Ireland. It's rude, ribald and . . . raucously funny. . . . there's plenty of great observational comedy along the way. * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781472530479
Author David Ireland
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 130g