Description:
"This superb collection of eighteen plays has long been needed. It provides a sound and solid introduction to the rich field of modern Irish drama, and should be as delightful to the private reader as it will be useful for university classes."--Journal of Irish Literature
Contents:
Spreading the News and The Gaol Gate-- Lady Gregory;
On Baile's Strand and the Only Jealousy of Emer--W.B. Yeats;
The Land--Padraic Colum;
The Playboy of the Western World--J.M. Synge;
Maurice Harr--T. C. Murray;
The Magic Glasses--George Fitzmaurice;
Juno and the Paycock- -Sean O'Casey;
The Big House--Lennox Robinson;
The Old Lady Says "No!"--Denis Johnston;
As the Crow Flies--Austin Clarke;
The Paddy Pedlar--M. J. Malloy;
The Vision of Mac Conglinne--Padraic Fallon;
The Quare Fellow--Brendan Behan;
All that Fall--Samuel Becket;
Da--Hugh Leonard;
Translations--Brian Friel