Tom Murphy's early masterpiece, A Whistle in the Dark depicts the reunion of an Irish family in Coventy: a picture of Irishmen 'over here' asserting themselves in one of England's post-war dream cities. Michael Carney has left Mayo for Coventry, hoping to leave behind his homeland and his past with modest ambitions for a decent job and respectable family. However, he is relentlessly pursued by his past: a past that is both the flesh of his own family and the soured spirit of a haunted, marginalised people. With tragic inevitability, the impossibility of escape from his own dark history becomes all too obvious. Produced to a mixture of acclaim and notoriety by Theatre Royal, Stratford East in 1961, Whistle in the Dark is now regarded as a modern classic. 'It is a considerable and refreshing shock to encounter this clenched fist of a play...National identity has been a theme in contemporary Irish drama common to Murphy, Friel and McGuinness. Nothing has been so brutish and direct, though, as this picture of Irishmen "over here" asserting themselves in one of England's post-war dream cities.' (Financial Times) 'A play worthy of every tribute.' (The Times)

A Whistle in the Dark

Literature & Fiction

Murphy, Tom

Murphy, Thomas

Dramas & Plays

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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Pastoral Theology: The Pastor In The Various Duties Of His Office (1877)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Kessinger Publishing

Jesuit Slaveholding in Maryland, 1717-1838 (Studies in African American History and Culture)

From the colonial period through the early nineteenth century, Father Thomas J. Murphy writes a compelling chronology and in depth analysis of Jesuit slaveholding in the state of Maryland.

History

Africa

Routledge

The Gigli Concert

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

GALLERY BOOKS

The Gigli concert (Gallery books)

Gallery Press

A senile bedridden old woman rehearses over and over again an epic tale of a village laughing match. Meanwhile her two granddaughters struggle to release themselves from the prison of remembered unhappiness.

Bailegangaire : the story of Bailegangaire and how it came by its appellation

Bailegangaire: The story of Bailegangaire and how it came by its appellation (Gallery books)

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Smart Learning: A Study Skills Guide for Teens

Christen, William L.

Teen & Young Adult

Grayson Bernard Pub

Pastoral Theology: The Pastor in The Various Duties of his Office

Literary

Legare Street Press

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