Communion (Abbey Theatre Playscript Series) - Softcover

Matthews, Aidan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854596896 ISBN 13: 9781854596895

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2003

Synopsis

Set in a bedroom in well-to-do Dublin, Communion is about two brothers in their early 30s. Jordan, a trainee doctor, is bedbound and dying of a tumor; Marcus, brilliant and charismatic, has been a psychiatric patient. An ebullient gloom is repeatedly dispelled by the liveliness of the dialogue and characters and by the buoyant humor on display—particularly at the expense of the Catholic Church.

About this title

About the Author:

Aidan Mathews' other work includes the novels Muesli at Midnight (Minerva 1991), Lipstick on the Host (Vintage 1993) and Nora's Notebooks (Cape 1999), and collections of poetry such as According to the Small Hours (Cape 1998). Communion is his first play. He is a radio producer at RTE in Dublin, specialising in drama and religious programmes.

Review:

'A terrific writer' Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1854596896
• ISBN 13: 9781854596895
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96