<p>This second collection of works from one of Ireland's major writers contains McGuinness's plays from 1989 to 1999, including "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me", "Mary and Lizzie" and Dolly West's Kitchen". "The Bird Sanctuary" is published here for the first time.</p>

Plays Two: Mary and Lizzie / Someone Who'll Watch Over Me / Dolly West's Kitchen / The Bird Sanctuary

Literature & Fiction

Frank McGuinness

Dramas & Plays

Faber&Faber

But I can hear them speaking like magpies,And they mean to thieve his life,The Lord's anointed servant,They mean to kill God.Speaking Like Magpies, specially commissioned by the RSC as part of the Gunpowder Season to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, brings to vibrant life the background to this notorious event in British history. Frank McGuinness' play premiered at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in September 2005, its final performance marking the end of the RSC's Gunpowder Season on 5 November 2005.

Speaking Like Magpies

Poetry

<p>Now we have a family, a rivalry, a purpose. A writer and his wife sit together in their garden. They are surrounded by a lifetime's work; their home, their gardens and their children. Rachel wants to be congratulated on her pregnancy, Maurice is struggling for his father's acceptance and Charlie needs his sacrifices to be acknowledged. A crisis has drawn this family together but their honesty may pull them apart.</p>

Hanging Gardens

History & Criticism

Faber Faber Plays

Match Box

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towa

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The Doll's House

Henrik, Ibsen

Literary

Faber and Faber

'The great spirit of Frank McGuinness radiates in this magnificent novel. Myriad voices converge on one glistening core; it is a high-wire act earthed in the deepest humanity.' Sebastian Barry It is 1950. Donegal. A land apart. Derry city is only fourteen miles away but far beyond daily reach. Into this community comes Gianni, also called Giotto at his birth. A painter from Arrezzo in Italy, he has been commissioned to paint the Stations of the Cross. The young Italian comes with his dark skin, his unusual habits, but also his solitude and his own peculiar personal history. He is a major source of fascination for the entire community. A book of close observation, sharp wit, linguistic dexterity - and of deep sympathy for ordinary, everyday humanity.

Arimathea

The O'Brien Press

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