{"product_id":"9781780012315","title":"McPherson Plays: Three","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume of Conor McPherson's collected plays, covering a decade of writing, celebrates a fascination with the uncanny which has led him to be described as 'quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShining City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a man seeks help from a counsellor, claiming to have seen the ghost of his dead wife. The play, premiered at the Royal Court, London, is 'up there with The Weir, moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping' (\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seafarer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, premiered at the National Theatre before going on to become a Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, tells the story of an extended Christmas Eve card game, but one played for the highest stakes possible. 'McPherson proves yet again he is both a born yarn-spinner and an acute analyst of the melancholy Irish manhood' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in 'the big house' in 1820s rural Ireland, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Veil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is McPherson's first period play. Seventeen-year-old Hannah is to be married off in order to settle the debts of the crumbling estate. But when Reverend Berkeley arrives, determined to orchestrate a séance, chaos is unleased. 'A cracking fireside tale of haunting and decay' (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, hauntingly adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier, is 'deliciously chilling, claustrophobic, questioning, frightening; and with a twist' (Irish Independent). It is published here for the first time, as is \u003ci\u003eThe Dance of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, a new version of Strindberg's classic, which premiered at the Trafalgar Studios in London. 'A spectacularly bleak yet curiously bracing drama that often makes you laugh out loud' (\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompleting the volume is a Foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152131440880,"sku":"9781780012315","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780012315_p0.jpg?v=1763711638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780012315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}