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Summary:

In Shining City, a man seeks help from a counsellor, claiming to have seen the ghost of his recently deceased wife,
The Seafarer tells the story of an extended Christmas Eve card game, but one played for the highest stakes possible.
Set in 'the big house' in 1820s rural Ireland, The Veil is McPherson's first period play. Seventeen-year-old Hannah is to be married off in order to settle the debts of the crumbling estate. But when the Reverend Berkeley arrives, determined to orchestrate a séance, chaos in unleashed.
The Birds, hauntingly adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier.
The Dance of Death is a new version of Strindberg's classic.

Table of Contents:

• Shining city
• The seafarer
• The birds
• The veil
• The dance of death.

Author/Creator:

McPherson, Conor, 1971- , author

Contributors:

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989

Strindberg, August, 1849-1912

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Plays [of McPherson, C.] (Selections) (2013)

Included Works:

Shining city

Seafarer

Birds

Veil

Dance of death

Related Works:

Based on: Works [of Du Maurier, D.] (Selections) ((Thomson))

Based on: Dödsdansen [by Strindberg, A.] (English)

Subjects:

Counselors — Drama

Ghost plays

Christmas plays

Card games — Drama

Arranged marriage — Drama

Seances — Drama

Ireland — Drama

General Notes:

"Shining City was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 4 June 2004"--page 3.
"The Seafarer was first performed in the Cottesloe auditorium of the National Theatre, London, on 28 September 2006"--page 59.
"The Birds was first performed at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, on 29 September 2009"--page 155.
"The Veil was first performed in the Lyttelton auditorium of the National Theatre, London, on 4 October 2011"--page 213.
"This version of The Dance of Death was first performed at the Trafalgar Studios, London, as part of the Donmar Trafalgar season, on 13 December 2012"--page 309.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

PR6063.C73 A6 2013eb

ISBNs:

9781780012315 (electronic bk.)
1780012314 (electronic bk.)
9781848422094 [Invalid]
1848422091 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1112285438

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1222328 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11138731