The latest play from the author of The Weir, published alongside the premiere at the Royal Court Theatre and the Dublin Theatre Festival.Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one
A boy leaves home for the first time. A man starts a job for which he is not qualified. A pensioner has just been sent a mysterious package. In Conor McPherson's new play, we meet Kevin, Dermot and J
The Daily Mail: "McPherson writes like a dream. Dublin Carol works an ingenious spell" in telling the story of undertaker John Plunkett, who on Christmas Eve is sharing his funereal memories with his
On The Night Alive:"A beautiful new play. . . . There's not another dramatist living who could pull off [what McPherson] exercises so exquisitely here. . . . Kindles a glow, both warming and chilling,
It is Christmas Eve in North Dublin. Mid-life Sharky Harkin, erstwhile fisherman/van driver/chauffeur, finds himself reluctantly hosting old friends at the dingy house that he shares with his brother
It's the summer of 1912. Back in Dublin after nine years abroad, Richard, a successful writer, and Bertha, his wife, have to confront two other people who love them, and ask themselves questions about
"Conor McPherson, the Irish dramatist who gave us The Weir and Shining City, has a singular gift for making the ordinary glow with an extra dimension, like a gentle phosphorescence waiting to be coaxe
