{"product_id":"9781848424227-enda-walsh-plays-two","title":"Enda Walsh Plays: Two","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including \u003cem\u003eThe Walworth Farce\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Electric Ballroom\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePenelope\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBallyturk\u003c\/em\u003e and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, Enda Walsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume of remarkable plays charts the development of one of the most strikingly original playwrights in contemporary theatre. It collects together four full-length plays – three of which were produced by Galway’s Druid Theatre Company, three of which were performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and two of which transferred to London’s National Theatre – along with two fascinating short plays and a Foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Walworth Farce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2006) is a madcap yet tender play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Electric Ballroom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2008) is a dark, glitter-dusted fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn a savage and riveting take on the classic Greek myth of Odysseus’s wife, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePenelope\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(2010) sees four ridiculous men facing their inevitable deaths, and playing for an unwinnable love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBallyturk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2014) saw Walsh reuniting with actor Cillian Murphy after \u003cem\u003eDisco Pigs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMisterman\u003c\/em\u003e for a jaw-droppingly physical play in which the lives of two men unravel over the course of ninety minutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume are two short plays, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Friend Duplicity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2010), which went on to inspire \u003cem\u003eBallyturk\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoom 303\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the most fiercely individual voices in the theatre today’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Enda Walsh makes his own distinctive stage music in the fury of his writing talent and the irresistible surge of his blatant theatricality’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451609067894,"sku":"9781848424227","price":16.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26752782.jpg?v=1760463154","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848424227-enda-walsh-plays-two","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}