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  | | New Plays from the Abbey Theatre(1st Edition) Volume Three, 1999-2001 (Irish Studies) by Judy Friel, Sanford V. Sternlicht, Sanford Sternlicht, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Hugh Leonard, Frank Mcguinness, Jimmy Murphy Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2003 by Syracuse University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-2967-2, ISBN: 0-8156-2967-2 "This anthology offers the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. In Hugh Leonard's "Love in the Title", a woman's visit to the Irish countryside leads to a surreal meeting with her own mother as a 30-year-old in 1964 and her grandmother as a 20-year-old in 1922. The frank exchanges that mark this meeting allow the women to remain in and represent their times, yet still communicate with each other. Frank McGuinness's "Dolly West's ..." |
 | | "Buffoonery and Easy Sentiment"(1st Edition) Popular Irish Plays in the Decade Prior to the Opening of The Abbey Theatre by Christopher Fitz-Simon Paperback, 318 Pages, Published 2011 by Carysfort Press Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-904505-49-5, ISBN: 1-904505-49-X "In this fascinating reappraisal of the non-literary drama of the late 19th and early 20th century, Christopher Fitz-Simon discloses a unique world of plays, players, and producers in metropolitan theatres in Ireland and other countries, where Ireland was viewed as a source of extraordinary topics such as revolution, eviction, famine, agrarian agitation, and political assassination. Plays of the time were diverse, including those such as ..." |
 | | The boys(1st Edition) A double biography by Christopher Fitz-Simon Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1994 by Gill & Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-2143-4, ISBN: 0-7171-2143-7 "The Ireland of the inter-war years was an island of remarkable contradictions." |
 | | Boys(1st Edition) by Christopher Fitz-Simon Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1994 by Nick Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85459-130-2, ISBN: 1-85459-130-4 "The Ireland of the inter-war years was an island of remarkable contradictions. In spite of the highly moralistic attitude of Church and State, including an official censorship of publications, there existed a heady atmosphere of laisser-faire. Artistic life in Dublin possessed a piquancy never found before or since, accentuated during the war years when Ireland's neutrality resulted in intense social activity centred on the internationa ..." |
 | | The Abbey Theatre(1st Edition) Ireland's National Theatre, The First 100 Years by Fitzsimon Christopher, Christopher Fitz-Simon Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2003 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28426-1, ISBN: 0-500-28426-1 "Dublin's Abbey Theatre opened its doors to the public on December 27, 1904. Over the course of the past century, it has survived fire, riot, and perpetual artistic disagreement to become one of the greatest theaters in the world, presenting over 740 new plays by some of the greatest Irish writers of the modern age, including W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, and Brian Friel. Christopher Fitz-Simon celebrates the Abbey Theatre's ce ..." |
 | | The Irish Theatre(1st Edition) by Christopher Fitz-Simon Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1983 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-01300-7, ISBN: 0-500-01300-4 "Depicts the history of the drama of Ireland and examines the works of Irish playwrights, such as Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett" |
 | | New Plays from the Abbey Theatre 19961998 v 2 Irish Studies Volume Two, 19961998(1st Edition) by Editor-Judy Friel, Judy Friel, Editor-Sanford Sternlicht, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Sanford V. Sternlicht, Michael P. Harding, Sanford Sternlicht Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2001 by Syracuse University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-2928-3, ISBN: 0-8156-2928-1 "The selected plays show the extraordinary variety of Irish drama today as well as the brilliance of Irish playwrights, both seasoned veterans and those beginning to build reputations on the stages of the world's premier national theatre, The Abbey. The first play by award-winning playwright Michael Harding, "Sour Grapes", explores the taboos of seminary life including paedophilia and homosexuality. Thomas Kilroy's "The Secret Fall of Co ..." |
 | | New Plays from the Abbey Theatre(1st Edition) Volume One, 1993-1995 (Irish Studies) (v. 1) by Michael P. Harding, Tom Mac Intyre, Donal O'kelly, Neil Donnelly, Niall Williams, Sanford Sternlicht, Christopher Fitz-Simons, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Judy Friel, Sanford V. Sternlicht, Sanford Sternlight Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1996 by Syracuse University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-2699-2, ISBN: 0-8156-2699-1 "This first volume in a series of drama anthologies invites readers to experience five of the best new plays being produced in 1993-1995 in Ireland's most famous theatre, The Abbey Theatre. This collection includes plays produced at the Abbey within the previous three years. Michael Harding's "Hubert Murray's Widow", his fourth play for theatre, is a surreal nightmare revolving around a killing and a funeral. With a macabre sense of humo ..." |
 | | New Plays from the Abbey Theatre 1993-1995(1st Edition) (v. 1) by Christopher Fitz-Simons, Judy Friel, Michael P. Harding, Sanford V. Sternlicht, Niall Williams, Donal O'kelly, Neil Donnelly, Sanford Sternlicht, Editor-Michael Harding, Tom Mac Intyre Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1996 by Syracuse University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0345-0, ISBN: 0-8156-0345-2 "This first volume in a series of drama anthologies invites readers to experience five of the best new plays being produced in 1993-1995 in Ireland's most famous theatre, The Abbey Theatre. This collection includes plays produced at the Abbey within the previous three years. Michael Harding's "Hubert Murray's Widow", his fourth play for theatre, is a surreal nightmare revolving around a killing and a funeral. With a macabre sense of humo ..." |
 | | New Plays from the Abbey Theatre(1st Edition) 1996-1998 (Irish Studies (Syracuse, N.Y.).) by Judy Friel, Sanford Sternlicht, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Michael P. Harding, Thomas Kilroy, Alex Johnston, Marina Carr, Sanford V. Sternlicht Paperback, 245 Pages, Published 2001 by Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd) ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0723-6, ISBN: 0-8156-0723-7 "The selected plays show the extraordinary variety of Irish drama today as well as the brilliance of Irish playwrights, both seasoned veterans and those beginning to build reputations on the stages of the world's premier national theatre, The Abbey. The first play by award-winning playwright Michael Harding, Sour Grapes, explores the taboos of seminary life including paedophilia and homosexuality. Thomas Kilroy's The Secret Fall of Const ..." |
 | | The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland(1st Edition) by Christopher Fitz-Simon, Hugh Palmer Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-01998-6, ISBN: 0-500-01998-3 "Many a travel picture book is designed to make us dream, and like its equivalent in the cookery field, we can often gaze lovingly at things that we will have no experience of. Christopher Fitz-Simon's The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland, however, produces an immediate effect that was probably the author's prime intention: within mere pages of this sumptuously illustrated book, the reader is filled with the keenest desire to visit the ..." |