The Lions of Lisbon: A Play of Two Halves by Willy Maley
On 25 May 1967 Celtic beat Inter Milan 2-1 to become the first British team to win the European Cup. Fifty years on, The Lions of Lisbon relives the jubilation from the fans' point of view.
The Lions of Lisbon
Summary
Following a group of diehard Celtic fans (and some that aren't quite fans!) as they travel to Lisbon, this book recounts the trip to see the Hoops raise the European Cup in 1967.
The Lions of Lisbon Summary
The Lions of Lisbon Reviews
Not so much a show as a phenomenon [...] a joyful, well-crafted piece of work, weaving together at least five storylines about fans making their way to Portugal, and culminating in an epic encounter in a Lisbon boozer. - JOYCE MCMILLAN, THE GUARDIAN
About Willy Maley
IAN AULD was unsurpassable on a football park in his youth. In 1958 he played in a Scottish Juvenile Select against England. He could have gone to Arsenal when he was 16, but went to the Balmore Bar at Saracen Cross instead. He played outside right and learned to write inside. After taking a wrong turn as a young man, Ian went on to rebuild his life. He married Eileen, and had two daughters, Sharon and Annette, and a son, Ian. An adoring husband and father, Ian was also a creative force, an actor and songwriter who wrote poems, short stories and sketches for a number of years before he passed away on 4 November 1998. Ian was a great fan of Joe Orton, as well as his beloved Celtic. The Lions of Lisbon was his only full-length play. His memory lives on in the stories he told and the family he loved.
WILLY MALEY is Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow. A critic, editor, teacher and writer, he was co-founder with the late Philip Hobsbaum of the Creative Writing Masters in 1995. The Lions of Lisbon is one of seven plays Willy has written collaboratively. Others include From The Calton to Catalonia (1990), which he wrote with his brother John Maley, based on their father's experiences as a POW during the Spanish Civil War, and No Mean Fighter (1992), a Scotsman Fringe First Winner at the Edinburgh Festival. A season ticket holder in the Lisbon Lions Stand, Willy was a columnist for The Celtic View during seasons 2003-2005. He contributed a hat-trick of essays to Celtic Minded volumes 1-3, and his poem 'Perfect Passing', a tribute to the late great Tommy Burns, was published in The Celtic Opus (2010). His most recent publication, also with Luath Press, is Scotland and the Easter Rising, co-edited with Kirsty Lusk.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Production History
Introduction
Scene 1 Danny's Boy
Scene 2 Hector's House
Scene 3 Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Scene 4 A Blue Do
Scene 5 El Posso
Scene 6 The Women and the Bhoys
Scene 7 Hail! Hail!
Scene 8 The Road to Lisbon
Scene 9 Lost in Lisbon
Scene 10 The Tally and the Toaly
Scene 11 Going to the Chapel
Scene 12 The Law of the Jungle
Scene 13 A Couple of Chancers
Scene 14 Picking Sides
Scene 15 Demand a Milanda
Scene 16 A Wing and a Prayer
Scene 17 The Best Team in the Land
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Additional information
GOR008561461
9781910745922
1910745928
The Lions of Lisbon: A Play of Two Halves by Willy Maley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Luath Press Ltd
20170401
160
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