The second collection of plays from the multi-award winning author. Featuring: The WeirA magical; compelling play set in present day Dublin on Christmas Eve. Undertaker John Plunkett is sharing memories of funerals over the years and dispensing advice to his young assistant. But the arrival of his daughter Mary - estranged; grown-up - shows him the time has come to face up to his own disastrous past. Otherwise; he will never be able to create some kind of truce with his fear of the future. Dublin CarolThe spellbinding; beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism; combining superbly chilling tales of the supernatural with the hilarious banter of a small community in the heart of rural Ireland.Olivier Award for Best New PlayEvening Standard Award for Best New PlaywrightCritics Circle Award for Most Promising New Playwright Port AuthorityA wry; moving; funny tale of how modern man faces up to the responsibility of love; woven in monologues. Come On OverA short play about a Jesuit priest; sent to investigate a miracle in his home town; who re-encounters the woman who loved him thirty years before. The collection also features an Afterword and in-depth interview with the author. already heir to the great Irish tradition of absorbing tale-telling - Guardian The finest dramatist of his generation - Telegraph
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Mark TwainExcellent vantage point0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great and useful bookBy Pen NameI had the pleasure to meet the author before reading the book and I was really lucky to stumble accross him and his great works.This book in particular is a great resource for anyone whos interested in urbanism and the changes that take place in the territory where we live.A must have.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Amazing Accessible InsightsBy Chethan SarabuSprawltown is brilliantly written because it allows you to open it up to a random page; and immediately pick up something about new sustainable ideas of urban development or speculation. A broad range of topics is covered regarding the problems exacerbated by sprawl. This even includes the problems created by consumer tourism. Thinking of infrastructure as art; is a great section of the book complete with many insightful comments and great examples. Anyone in the fields of urban planning or landscape architecture should pick it up. However I think its a book that would give a good introduction to the problems of sprawl to the general public; along with many solutions as to what can be done with good planning and sustainable decisions.
