{"product_id":"nine-irish-plays-for-voices-9781531509958","title":"Nine Irish Plays for Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant collection of short plays bringing Irish history and culture alive through an extraordinary collage of documents, songs, poems, and texts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNine Irish Plays for Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Eamon Grennan delves deep into key Irish subjects—big, small, literary, historical, political, biographical—and illuminates them for today’s audiences and readers. These short plays draw from original material centering on important moments in Irish history and the formation of the Irish Republic, such as the Great Famine and the Easter Rising; the lives of Irish literary figures like Yeats, Joyce, and Lady Gregory; and the crucial and life-changing condition of emigration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rhythmic, musical, and vivid language of Grennan’s plays incorporates traditional song lyrics, lines of Irish poetry, and letters and speeches of the time. The result is a dramatic collage that tells a story through the voices of characters contemporary to the period of the play’s subject. By presenting subjects through the dramatic rendering of the human voice, the plays facilitate a close, intimate relationship between players and the audience, creating an incredibly powerful connection to the past. Historical moments and literary figures that might seem remote to the present-day reader or audience become immediate and emotionally compelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the plays, \u003ci\u003eFerry\u003c\/i\u003e, is drawn entirely from the author’s imagination. It puts unnamed char­acters who come from the world of twentieth-century Ireland on a boat to the underworld with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. On their journey the five strangers, played by two voices, tell stories about their lives, raising the question of how language both captures and transforms lived experience. Addressing the Great Famine, \u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003euses documentary evidence to give audiences a dramatic feel for what has been a silent and traumatic element in Irish history. \u003ci\u003eNoramollyannalivi­alucia: The Muse and Mr. Joyce \u003c\/i\u003eis a one-woman piece that depicts James Joyce’s wife as an older woman sharing her memories and snippets from the works of her husband. Also included in this rich volume is the author’s adaptation of Synge’s \u003ci\u003eAran Islands\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eEmigration Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory! Reading the Easter Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Muse and Mr. Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of Lady Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeig: An Ordinary Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eamon Grennan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48282774995195,"sku":"9781531509958","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781531509958_b5df64de-783b-42c8-9ccd-3ebc1b186514.jpg?v=1772484629","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/nine-irish-plays-for-voices-9781531509958","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}