"An anthology of twelve short plays that have been produced in Bewley's Cafe Theatre on Grafton Street in Dublin over the past ten years. Featured writers include Sebastian Barry, Michael James Ford, Michael Harding, Isobel Mahon, Mark O'Halloran and Donal O'Kelly. This collection of plays is characterized by true quality, innovation, and fun. These plays should certainly be seen and heard, and this volume should pave the way for future ..."
"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 ..."
Eleven Houses A Memoir of Childhood by ChristopherFitz-Simon Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Ireland ISBN-13: 978-1-84488-106-2, ISBN: 1-84488-106-7
"Christopher Fitz-Simon was born into an extraordinary Irish family, with Daniel O'Connell on one side and Ulster unionists on the other, and his childhood coincided with the Second World War - or, as it was known in the Southern Irish state ..."
"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 ..."
Boys(1st Edition) by ChristopherFitz-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 ..."
"Shows Irish hills, mountains, streams, harbors, bridges, country roads, wayside shrines,farms, pubs, mills, homes, and churches, and describes the background ..."
Irish Theatre (The Irish heritage series) by ChristopherFitzsimon Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 1983 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-900346-37-8, ISBN: 0-900346-37-X
"Depicts the history of the drama of Ireland and examines the works of Irish playwrights, such as Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title."