DruidMurphy
Tom Murphy
DruidMurphy
Plays by Tom Murphy – the story of Irish emigration; a story both of those who went and those who were left behind. Told through three of the greatest plays of Tom Murphy; Conversations on a Homecoming , A Whistle in the Dark and Famine , DruidMurphy is a major celebration of one of Ireland’s most respected living dramatists.
4.4 out of 5 based on 5 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
London |
| Venue |
Hampstead Theatre |
| Director |
Garry Hynes |
| Cast |
Garrett Lombard, Eileen Walsh, Brian Doherty, Marty Rea |
| From |
June 2012 |
| Until |
June 2012 |
| Box Office |
020-7722 9301 |
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Plays by Tom Murphy – the story of Irish emigration; a story both of those who went and those who were left behind. Told through three of the greatest plays of Tom Murphy; Conversations on a Homecoming , A Whistle in the Dark and Famine , DruidMurphy is a major celebration of one of Ireland’s most respected living dramatists.
Reviews
The Daily Telegraph
Dominic Cavendish
“This is at once a monumental survey of an underrated playwright and of Ireland itself.”
26/06/2012
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The Financial Times
Alexander Gilmour
“I can find no weak links in Druid’s production. The cast is talented; Francis O’Connor’s designs are unobtrusively stylish; and Garry Hynes directs with wisdom and feeling. Themes of emigration? “Universal themes” would be truer. Murphy is, I suspect, the greatest dramatist writing in English. After nine hours in Hampstead, it was hard not to think so.
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26/06/2012
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The Times
Sam Marlowe
“Viewed in its entirety, DruidMurphy is truly epic, broad of scope, its insight profound, its clear-sightedness both cruel and compassionate. Remarkable.”
24/06/2012
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The Guardian
Michael Billington
“What emerges from this richly rewarding event ... is Murphy's obsession with emigration and its impact on Irish identity. You see this most clearly in Conversations on a Homecoming, staged by Hynes with a breathtaking poetic realism.”
24/06/2012
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The Stage
Mark Shenton
“Though the plays were conceived as separate entities, not as a trilogy, the boldness and brilliance of Druid’s cross-cast production grants them a stylistic unity, staged inside the same frame of corrugated iron sheeted walls but distinctly designed environments by Francis O’Connor that stretch from a pub and lounge to crop fields. Yet the plays couldn’t be emotionally more different.”
25/06/2012
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