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'I Love Craft. I Love the Word'
In this collection of ten original essays, and an interview with the playwright, the authors address the ways in which Deirdre Kinahan's plays interrogate and seek to renegotiate value systems of family, class, ethnicity, age and gender in the 21st century neoliberal, secular state.
Moment
Startling new black comedy of conscience from one of Ireland's most distinctive voices.
Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts
The short play - very traditional to Irish theatre - is a little jewel of a structure, a lightning flash on a different world, the illumination made all the more acute by brevity' Deirdre Kinahan Deirdre Kinahan is an award-winning playwright and member of Aosdána, Ireland's elected organisation of outstanding artists. This volume brings together five of her short plays, taken from the full span of her writing career, each of them shining a light into a forgotten corner of our humanity, giving voice to irrepressible characters that the world has done its best to overlook. In Bé Carna (Tall Tales, 1999), five women reflect on their lives as prostitutes on the streets of Dublin, a dark tale ...
Crossings
With music, waltzing, and unexpected connections, Kinahan's play dances through a century, exploring how people return, resettle, and adapt.
Spinning
A gripping new play by acclaimed Irish playwright Deirdre Kinahan.
Tiny Plays for Ireland
50 600 word plays, as submitted to The Irish Times and performed by Fishamble, a Dublin theatre company.
The Golden Thread
Sold as a multi-volume set – the individual volumes are also available for purchase. This two-volume edited collection illuminates the valuable counter-canon of Irish women’s playwriting with forty-two essays written by leading and emerging Irish theatre scholars and practitioners. Covering three hundred years of Irish theatre history from 1716 to 2016, it is the most comprehensive study of plays written by Irish women to date. These short essays provide both a valuable introduction and innovative analysis of key playtexts, bringing renewed attention to scripts and writers that continue to be under-represented in theatre criticism and performance. Volume Two contains chapters focused on ...
