The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays: Hostage; Bailegangaire; Belle of the Belfast City; Steward of Christendom; Cripple of Inishmaan

by Sebastian Barry, Martin McDonagh, Patrick Lonergan, et al.

Introduced by Patrick Lonergan, The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays brings together five major works from the Irish dramatic canon of the last sixty years in one outstanding collection.

Behan's The Hostage, depicting the capture and death
of a British soldier by the IRA, was first produced by Joan
Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1958 and was declared 'a masterpiece' by The Times. Murphy's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408106787
• ISBN13: 9781408106785
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"