Description
Mike McCormack's multi-award-winning novel is brought to life in a new adaptation by Michael West, performed in solo performance by Stanley Townsend.
About the Author
Michael West has written several plays in collaboration with Annie Ryan and The Corn Exchange including Man Of Valour, Freefall (Best New Play at the Irish Theatre Awards and at the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild) and the world premiere adaptation of James Joyce's Dubliners presented in association with the Dublin Theatre Festival 2012. Other work for The Corn Exchange includes EVERYDAY, Dublin By Lamplight, Foley, an adaptation of Lolita (in a co-production with the Abbey) and The Seagull which will premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2016. He has translated or adapted many texts, among them The Marriage of Figaro for the Abbey; a version of Death and the Ploughman by the Bohemian 14th century writer Johannes Von Saaz for Christian Schiaretti of the TNP in Lyon and produced by SITI company and directed by Anne Bogart in the USA; and plays by Moliere, Marivaux, Calderon and the contemporary French poet, Jean-Pierre Simeon. His latest translation, Forever Yours, Mary-Lou by Michel Tremblay premiered at the Theatre Royal in Bath in March 2016.
Reviews
...reminds you why you love theatre * Sunday Times *
It is spellbinding and compelling...hopefully a wider audience will get a chance to see this tremendous piece * Sunday Business Post *
This is a profound engagement with death, but also with life * The Independent *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350372528
Author Mike McCormack
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC