A darkly comic thriller set in the grim, seething and sometimes hilarious criminal world of Dublin's suburbs.

Carl, a youngish but overweight Dublin taxi driver, owes Jackie three grand in gambling debts. Jackie wants the money, and he wants it now, not least because an armed robbery he has master-minded has just gone badly wrong. From there it is all downhill for Carl and his father-in-law George. And not in a good way.

Robert Massey's play Rank was first staged by Fishamble: The New Play Company in October 2008 as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. It transferred to the Tricycle Theatre, London, in November 2008.

About the Author
Robert Massey's first play Deadline was developed through the writers' programme at the Abbey Theatre and produced by Lane Productions in Andrews Lane Theatre. Other plays include Over and Out, produced by Lane Productions at the Civic Theatre, Dublin, before embarking on a nation-wide tour including Pavillion, Draoicht and the Cork Opera House; Rank, produced by Fishamble at the Helix as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, 2008, before transferring to the Tricycle Theatre, London, for an extended run and subsequently revived in summer 2013 in a critically acclaimed production directed by Wilson Milam at the Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles. He was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre to write the short play Growth which ran as part of the 'Something Borrowed' season on the Peacock stage.

Reviews

'Enjoyable... filthily funny... the stakes are terrifyingly high'

* Guardian *

'A cracking comedy thriller... shuffles menace, high-stakes anxiety and light relief in a carousel of black comedy'

* Telegraph *



Book Information
ISBN 9781854595256
Author Robert Massey
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Weight(grams) 136g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 130mm * 8mm