Paprika by FrankMcguinness 224 Pages, Published 2018 by The O'brien Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78849-069-6, ISBN: 1-78849-069-X
"my sight, and never dare breathe to man, beast, cloud or tree I let you say as
much as you have just inflicted upon me. ... I will circle the tree as you ask three
times, but I will make this Ave, wicker tree, wicker tree, hear my word, let me shit a
..."
Donegal by FrankMcguinness 96 Pages, Published 2016 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-33576-3, ISBN: 0-571-33576-4
"Liza No – I don't, I'm afraid. Liam That's a pity, but sure who cares? I don't have
any wains anyway. How long are you staying? Liza That's up to Jack. Liam We
call him Jackie. Liza Jackie is really a girl's name in America. Liam Well, it's not
here. Hugo Jackie Kennedy, of course. And Bobby. Why oh why did he have to
die? Why, Bobby Kennedy, why? There was a song with that in it. Did Irene sing it
? Can't recall. It didn't explain ..."
The Match Box by FrankMcguinness 96 Pages, Published 2014 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-29743-6, ISBN: 0-571-29743-9
"For Sal, they hang like a noose around her neck, just loose enough to keep a small but potent flame burning inside. A passionate story of love and hate, The Match Box by Frank McGuinness premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse in June 2012."
Mutabilitie by FrankMcguinness 112 Pages, Published 2014 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-30092-1, ISBN: 0-571-30092-8
"Set in Ireland in the sixteenth century, Mutabilitie explores the area where myth meets and transforms reality and where the harshness of life is transmuted into hope by the chance meeting of a poet and a playwright."
"' Times Literary Supplement Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme was revived by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1994 as part of an acknowledgement of the peace process."
"Speaking Like Magpies, specially commissioned by the RSC as part of the Gunpowder Season to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, brings to vibrant life the background to this notorious event in British history."
"Even Margaret, the unstoppable mother, and Leo, the ever-calm father, can't hold things together in the face of an unexpected visit from the past. There Came a Gypsy Riding premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in January 2007."
Arimathea by FrankMcguinness 256 Pages, Published 2013 by The O'brien Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84717-612-7, ISBN: 1-84717-612-7
"... classics include Lorca's Yerma; Chekhov's Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya;
Brecht's The Threepenny Opera and The Caucasian Chalk Circle; Sophocles'
Electra and Oedipus; Euripides' Helen; Ostrovsky's The Storm; Strindberg's Miss
Julie; ..."
"Sinner I am - pray for me. Damned by Despair, written in 1635 by the great Spanish dramatist Tirso de Molina, is brought to vivid life in Frank McGuinness's new version, which premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2012."
The Dead by James Joyce in a dramatisation by by FrankMcguinness 112 Pages, Published 2012 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-30213-0, ISBN: 0-571-30213-0
"An evening of laughter, music and dance ends in an epiphany for Gabriel. Recognised as a masterpiece, The Dead, the short story from James Joyce's Dubliners, is dramatised by Frank McGuinness."
"Trapped in a loveless marriage, Ellida is consumed by her longing for the sea, by the promise of the unknown. The startling arrival of a stranger stirs her desires and lures her back to the water's edge. Now Ellida must confront both the past and a desire for freedom that could destroy her. Frank McGuinness' version of Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in April 2008."
"A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. This version by Frank McGuinness was published to coincide with the National Theatre's production which toured the UK in 2007. A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war. Order restored, she is made to confront the boy's biological mother in a legal contest over who deserv ..."
Ghosts In an English Version by Henrik Ibsen, FrankMcguinness Digital, 112 Pages, Published 2010 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-26003-4, ISBN: 0-571-26003-9
"There followed A Doll's House (1879), Ghosts (1881) and An Enemy of the
People (1882). A richer understanding of the complexity of human impulses
marks such later works as The Wild Duck (1885), ... Donegal, and now lives in
Dublin and lectures in English at University College Dublin. His plays include
The Factory Girls (1982), Baglady (1985), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching
Towards the Somme (1985), Innocence (1986), Carthagini ..."
"John Gabriel Borkman, wealthy, powerful, revered, sacrificed love for success and was handsomely rewarded. Now, disgraced and destitute after financial scandal and a jail sentence, he paces out each day alone, planning his comeback. Downstairs, his wife, Gunhild, lives a parallel existence, plotting for their son to restore the family's reputation. But with the arrival of Gunhild's twin sister Ella, the woman whose love Borkman gave awa ..."
FrankMcGuinness - Plays 1 Factory Girls; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; Innocence; Carthiginians; Baglady by FrankMcguinness 416 Pages, Published 2013 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-30076-1, ISBN: 0-571-30076-6
"Introduction. I started to write for the theatre in 1980 whenIattended a writers'
workshop in Galway City, organized by the Irish Arts Council and moderated by
the director, Patrick Mason. I'd seen Patrick's production of my favourite play, The
Winter's Tale, just before applying for the workshop. Even if nothing were to come
from the whole experience, I was determined to meet the man who had
transformed my vision of Shakespeareasa ..."
FrankMcGuinness - Plays 2 Mary and Lizzie; Someone Who'll Watch over Me; Dolly West's Kitchen; the Bird Sanctuary by FrankMcguinness 352 Pages, Published 2013 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-30089-1, ISBN: 0-571-30089-8
"This second collection of Frank McGuinness contains his beautifully lyrical plays from 1989 to 1999."