My Favourite Plays

The list author says:
	"Powerful play with echoes of Medea and other great works of the past, perfectly set in Ireland's Midlands."

The list author says:
	"Winners and Losers are 2 separate one-act plays, the first dealing with a teenage couple due to be parents, the other with an older, more settled, but embittered couple. The dialogue is brilliant."

The list author says:
	"I relished every word.  All four characters convince, Amanda, the single mother harking for her youth, Tom the frustrated writer, Laura the shy cripple, and Jim the confident underachiever. Classic."

The list author says:
	"Eddie is happy to house his wife's Italian cousins, illegal immigrants looking for work. Until one of them is attracted to Catherine, Eddie's niece..."

The list author says:
	"It's fifteen years since Portia's twin, Gabriel, died, but she still sees ghosts everywhere.  Secrets abound in this village in Ireland's Midlands."

The list author says:
	"Medea's husband Jason has abandoned her to marry royalty, King Creon's daughter Glauce.  Creon banishes Medea in fear of her revenge.  He is right to fear her. Ancient Greek play that still resonates."

The list author says:
	"Nora says she has everything she wants: a nice house, children, servants, and a loving husband who has just been promoted.  But Nora has a secret that he must never find out..."

The list author says:
	"Rita is sick of being a working-class housewife, and doesn't want to have children,  she wants to study literature.  Frank is her tutor, who tries to escape life through alcohol.  A wonderful play."

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	"A period play about the life of actresses in the theatre. It exposes the powerlessness of women in society back then, even independent women as the actresses seem to be. A tragic-comic treat."

The list author says:
	"Brilliant satire on modern middle-class and feminist hypocrisy, and the misguided ways in which people go about helping others..."

The list author says:
	"My favourite McDonagh play, easily. Brothers Valene and Coleman's ongoing resentment against each other is continually exposed through petty arguments... Tragic and hilarious, as McDonagh does best."