Irish Blood, English Heart

Irish Blood, English Heart is an exploration of how memories, real and imagined, can shape our lives.Ray is a charming, enigmatic and successful comedian turned author. His brother Con is a London taxi driver struggling to keep his family together and bruised by his brother''s success. When the two meet in a mysterious lockup following their estranged father''s death, raw memories and unspoken truths come spilling out.Irish Blood, English Heart was performed at Trafalgar Studios, 2 May 2011 - 21 May 2011>

About the author

Darren Murphy was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award in 2002 for his play The Flats at the Soho Theatre, where he was also joint winner of The Westminster Prize with A Road in Winter, also in 2002. Tabloid Caligula, was a prizewinner in the London Writers’ competition in 2000, and was revived for the Arcola in May 2004, and again at 59East59, New York for a season of new British writing off-Broadway, in 2005. His latest play Irish Blood, English Heart was produced at the Union Theatre Southwark in 2011.

Product details

• Authors: Darren Murphy, Darren (Author) Murphy
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9781849430944
• ISBN: 978-1-84943-094-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 208 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Oberon Modern Plays; Oberon Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Plays / Drama, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh