Big Maggie by John B Keane

Big Maggie by John B Keane

New schools edition, with notes, of one of John B.'s finest plays which is on the Leaving Certificate curriculum for 2016

Big Maggie 'JB. Keane's most outspoken play' The Irish Press 'Keane ... has brought the tyranny, the desperation and the frustration of the rural Irish matriarch roaring into the top twenties' 'A fullblooded, salty, earthy play with a great ring of truth and uproarious with comedy' The Irish Times 'His depth of perception reveals a mature Keane' Cork Examiner

John B. Keane, one of Ireland's most prolific and respected literary figures, was born in 1928 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, and it was there that he spent his literary career, running a pub which provided him with inspiration for his characters and stories. His first play, 'Sive', was presented by the Listowel Drama Group and won the All-Ireland Drama Festival in 1959. A writer of essays, short stories and letters, his humorous words live on in the Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, The Best of John B. Keane and The Short Stories of John B. Keane. John B. Keane died on 30 May 2002 but remains one of Mercier's best-loved and best-selling authors. Eilis Flanagan has ten years experience as a secondary teacher and now works in teacher training with NUI Galway and the University of Limerick. Originally from Arranmore Island, Co. Donegal, she now lives in Galway.

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ISBN 13	9781781172858
ISBN 10	1781172854
Title	Big Maggie
Author	John B Keane
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Mercier Press Ltd
Year published	2014-07-04
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.