Alice Trilogy (Modern Plays)
by Tom Murphy
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Haunting new work from Ireland's leading dramatist Three ages of Alice. 1980, in the afternoon murk of her attic, is Alice losing her grip on reality? 1995, she has summoned a lost love to meet her by the gasworks wall. 2005, at the airport: if the worst has happened, why is it bearable? Alice Trilogy premiered at the Royal Court, London, in November 2005. Tom Murphy: 'The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination in the Irish theatre today' Brian Friel 'Stevenson's show more mesmerising performance... Four stars' Guardian 'If you're looking for fine acting, it's here' The Times 'Rickson's production is spare, eerie and gripping' Independent on Sunday show lessTags
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Thomas Bernard Patrick Murphy was born in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland on February 23, 1935. While working in a sugar factory, he started writing for a local amateur theater group. He studied metalworking at a technical college and taught that subject for a time before moving to London to become a playwright. His first full-length play, A Whistle show more in the Dark, premiered in London in 1961. His other plays included Famine, DruidMurphy, The Gigli Concert, Conversations on a Homecoming, and Bailegangaire. He died from heart failure on May 15, 2018 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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