Dancing at Lughnasa
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It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five Mundy sisters, barely making ends meet, their ages ranging from twenty-six up to forty. The two male members of the household are brother Jack, a missionary priest, repatriated from Africa by his superiors after 25 years, and the seven-year-old child of the youngest sister.
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A profound, luminous masterpiece by one of Ireland's greatest playwrights.
This edition was published in 2023 with a beautifully redesigned text and cover, to coincide with the National Theatre' revival.
It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five adult Mundy sisters; their older brother, a missionary priest returned from Uganda; and the youngest sister's seven-year-old son, Michael. Over the course of two days in the family's life, Brian Friel evokes not only the interior world of a group of human beings trapped in their domestic situation, but the wider landscape - public and private, Christian and pagan - of which they are nonetheless a part.
'There is no doubting we are in the thrall of as masterly a dramatist as the theatre possesses.' The Times
Additional information
| Weight | 290 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 13 × 0.8 cm |
| Book_author | Friel, Brian |
| Publisher | FABER & FABER |
| Imprint | Faber & Faber |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 112 |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 822.914 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |