Hughes Plays:1 by Declan Hughes
One of the preeminent Irish playwrights of his generation, published on the Methuen list alongside great contemporary Irish playwrights such as Sebastian Barry and Tom Murphy Includes his widely acclaimed plays, Digging for Fire "Savagely comic account of a disastrous, booze-fuelled college reunion" (Daily Telegraph), New Morning "This is one of those rare plays that really does have you on the edge of your seat, frantic to know what is going to happen next" (Daily Telegraph), Halloween Night "Declan Hughes's compelling darkly funny reunion drama...has supernatural overtones but a very human message" (Evening Standard); Love in a Bottle (after George Farquhar) "Hughes's dialogue drips with sexual juices...a raunchy treat" (Time Out).Love in a Bottle and Digging for Fire won the Time Out Award in 1992
Declan Hughes is co-founder of Rough Magic. He was originally joint Artistic Director, before becoming Writer-in-Residence for several years. His writing for Rough Magic includes I Can't Get Started (winner of the Stewart Parker Trust Award); an adaptation of Farquhar's Love and a Bottle (joint winner of Time Out Best Play Award), Digging for Fire (joint winner of Time Out Best Play Award), New Morning, Halloween Night, Twenty Grand, and an adaptation of Moliere's Tartuffe.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780413723802 |
| ISBN 10 | 0413723801 |
| Title | Hughes Plays:1 |
| Author | Declan Hughes |
| Series | Contemporary Dramatists |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1998-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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