Barry Plays: 1: Boss Grady's Boys; Prayers of Sherikin; White Woman Street; Steward of Christendom

by Sebastian Barry

Book Overview

"Cerebral and lyrical, he is the new crown prince of Ireland's majestic theatrical tradition" (Newsweek)

In Boss Grady's boys, Mick and Josey are two old fellas employed on a hill-farm on the Cork-Kerry border, still dreaming of the Wild West and freedom; Prayers of Sherkin, set in the 1890s, captures a moment of change at which ideology and doctrine are discarded for the sake of survival "The play is like a gentle requiem for a dead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041371120X
• ISBN13: 9780413711205
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"