Murphy Plays: 6: The Cherry Orchard; She Stoops to Folly; The Drunkard; The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant

by Tom Murphy

Murphy Plays: 6 brings together four plays by the author inspired by other great works of literature:

The Cherry Orchard: In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism. It gives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408123886
• ISBN13: 9781408123881
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"