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Penelope : [electronic book] /

By: Walsh, Enda.
Series: NHB modern plays: Publisher: New York : Nick Hern Books, 2014Description: 1 online resource (87 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781780013213.Subject(s): Penelope (Greek mythological character) -- Drama | English drama -- 21st century | English drama -- Irish authorsDDC classification: 822.92 Online resources: Click here to access ebook
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Contents; Original Production; Characters; Penelope; About the Author; Copyright and Performing Rights Information.
Summary: A riveting and savage take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus. It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love. Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010 'Grandiose Penelope ... mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost' - Sunday Times 'extraordinary theatre ... terrifying' - Sunday Independent, Ireland 'among the finest plays Walsh has written' - Sunday Times, Ireland.
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Ebook Ebook ATU Sligo Yeats Library eBook 822.92 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Online Three user
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First performed in Galway on 8th July 2010.

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Original Production; Characters; Penelope; About the Author; Copyright and Performing Rights Information.

A riveting and savage take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus. It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love. Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010 'Grandiose Penelope ... mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost' - Sunday Times 'extraordinary theatre ... terrifying' - Sunday Independent, Ireland 'among the finest plays Walsh has written' - Sunday Times, Ireland.

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