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Murphy Plays: 6 Tom Murphy

Murphy Plays: 6 By Tom Murphy

Murphy Plays: 6 by Tom Murphy


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Murphy Plays: 6 collects together the author's work derived from or inspired by other great works of literature. The most recent play in the volume, The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant, premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland, in 2009.

Murphy Plays: 6 Summary

Murphy Plays: 6: The Cherry Orchard; She Stoops to Folly; The Drunkard; The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy

Murphy Plays: 6 brings together four plays by the author inspired by other great works of literature: The Cherry Orchard: In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism. It gives this great play vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness. She Stoops to Folly: Modelled on Oliver Goldsmith's classic novel The Vicar of Wakefield, Murphy builds a comedy peopled with thieves, pimps, bawds, lechers and imposters who will prey on innocence unless God - or the ruling class - takes a hand. The Drunkard is inspired by the American temperance play first performed in 1844 and attributed to W. H. Smith and A gentleman. A drama in five acts, it was perhaps the most popular play produced in the United States before the dramatization of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the 1850s. An epic family drama, shot through with dark humour, The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant tells the tragic story of a family disintegrating, having lost its moral values and is inspired by The Golovlyov Family by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. It follows Arina who rises from servant girl to matriarch controlling a vast family estate and empire until she slackens her hold and loses her power to the hypocrisy and relentless grasping of her chosen son.

About Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy was born in Tuam, County Galway. His plays include A Whistle in the Dark, Conversations on a Home Coming, Bailegangaire, The Gigli Concert, and Alice Trilogy. His career has been closely associated with The Abbey Theatre, Dublin who have produced many of his plays.

Table of Contents

The Cherry Orchard; She Stoops to Folly; The Drunkard; The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant

Additional information

NLS9781408123881
9781408123881
1408123886
Murphy Plays: 6: The Cherry Orchard; She Stoops to Folly; The Drunkard; The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2010-04-28
384
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