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  | | 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) 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 ..." |
 | | Rise Above! Letters from Tyrone Guthrie by Christopher Fitz-Simon, Tyrone Guthrie Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2017 by The Lilliput Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84351-718-4, ISBN: 1-84351-718-3 "Here, in a stunning volume of letters, we are offered a glimpse into the vision of this extraordinary impresario aswell as a view of the intimacies of his relationships with his mother, wife and friends.During the 1940s and 1950s Guthrie was renowned for liberating the plays of Shakespearefrom declamatory delivery and excessive staging. His most enduring legacy was in inspiringthe creation of modern theatre buildings where the plays of ..." |
 | | Eleven Houses A Memoir of Childhood by Christopher Fitz-Simon 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-190114-5, ISBN: 0-14-190114-4 "Eleven Houses is a crystalline memoir of his family's odd progress through those odd years, an account by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.Christopher's father was an officer in the British army, serving in the middle east when war broke ..." |
 | | Mr. J. Kennedy Miller's Very Capable Company of Irish Players by Christopher Fitz-Simon 28 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-907002-05-2, ISBN: 1-907002-05-7 |
 | | The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland (The Most Beautiful Villages) by Christopher Fitz-Simon, Hugh Palmer Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Thames & Hudson Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28931-0, ISBN: 0-500-28931-X "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 ..." |
 | | "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 ..." |
 | | Buffoonery and Easy Sentiment Popular Irish Plays in the Decade Prior to the Opening of the Abbey Theatre by Christopher Fitz-Simon Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-909215-21-4, ISBN: 1-909215-21-X |
 | | Eleven Houses A Memoir of Childhood by Christopher Fitz-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 ..." |
 | | Freshly Brewed Twelve Short Plays from Bewley's Cafe Theatre by Emily Firetog, Declan Meade, Mark O'halloran, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Stinging Fly Press Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 2008 by Stinging Fly ISBN-13: 978-1-906539-04-7, ISBN: 1-906539-04-9 "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 ..." |
 | | Eleven Houses(Illustrated) A Memoir of Childhood by Christopher Fitz-Simon Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2007 by Penguin Ireland Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-84488-105-5, ISBN: 1-84488-105-9 |
 | | Players and Painted Stage Aspects of the Twentieth Century Theatre in Ireland by Christopher Fitz-Simon Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2004 by New Island Books ISBN-13: 978-1-904301-63-9, ISBN: 1-904301-63-0 "Mairead Ni Ghrada's An Triail also received its first production in the Damer and, in spite of the wonderful tribute paid by Harold Hobson, the drama critic of the English Sunday Times when he reviewed it as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, ..." |
 | | Abbeyonehundred Book of Days by No Stated, Abbey Theatre, Christopher Fitz-Simon Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Abbey Theatre Import ISBN-13: 978-0-9545269-3-1, ISBN: 0-9545269-3-7 "(A perpetual diary, illustrated with hundreds of images from the archives of the Abbey Theatre. This volume carries an authoritative introduction by the writer Christopher Fitz-Simon)" |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | The Boys(Updated) Biography of Michael MacLiammoir & Hilton Edwards by Christopher Fitz-Simon Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2002 by New Island Books ISBN-13: 978-1-904301-04-2, ISBN: 1-904301-04-5 "An excellent biography.""-Hugh Leonard. Ireland's inter-war years possessed an unprecedented artistic vibrancy. Two figures of genius dominated the artistic scene in Dublin during this period. Hilton Edwards and Michael MacLiammoir were actors of formidable range and power. Edwards was also one of the finest theater directors in the English-speaking world; MacLiammoir was also a set designer and playwright. Together they founded the Gat ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | The Boys A Double Biography of Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards by Christopher Fitz-Simon Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1996 by Greenwood Press ISBN-13: 978-0-435-07014-4, ISBN: 0-435-07014-2 "The fruit of much original research, this double biography allows these two flamboyantly talented figures and their bohemian society to live again. Christopher Fitz-Simon is also the author of The Irish Theatre and The Irish Village." |
 | | 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." |
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