Whistling PsycheA dark night, an old waiting room and two supposed strangers eager to reach their destinations. In the cold hours that rest between nightfall and daybreak, silent questions prompt unexpected revelations. Two souls share a passion for reform, but only one - Miss Nightingale - has been honoured. The other, Dr Barry, would never receive the same acclaim, but notoriety came after death and for a very different reason . . .Whistling Psyche premièred at the Almeida Theatre, London in May 2004.Fred and Jane explores the deep and sustaining friendship between two nuns, Anna and Beatrice, as they recall the trials and joys of religious life.'This is Barry at his best: evocative, gentle, suffused with the beauty of the simple and the joy of turning the strange into the familiar.' Sunday Tribune'A rare delight. A clear-running joy.' Sunday Independent'A triumph in its own right.' RTEFred and Jane premièred at Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin in 2002.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Sebastian Barry
EAN: 9780571224609
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 96
WEIGHT: 350 g
HEIGHT: 198 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Faber & Faber
DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-05-06
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GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century
WIDTH: 129 mm
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Book Themes:
English, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The 2018-21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and the top ten bestseller The Secret Scripture (2008), and has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in County Wicklow.