Set in rural Ireland, against the background of the on-course gambling operating at the many local race meetings held throughout the country, this book combines the photographs of Bruce Gilden with the story-telling of Dermot Healy. It seeks to create a portrait of this aspect of rural Irish life.
Set in rural Ireland, against the background of the on-course gambling operating at the many local race meetings held throughout the country, this boo...
Although Dermot Healy (1947-2014) is probably best known as an award-winning novelist and poet, he was also a prolific playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Healy s interest in drama was long-standing, and was central to his development as a writer. Between 1985 and 2010 he wrote thirteen stage plays, including a critically-acclaimed adaptation of Garcia Lorca s
Blood Wedding in 1989. All of these plays are published here for the first time. One of the most striking features of Healy s dramatic works is their spirit of community collaboration and their strong social conscience. His first...
Although Dermot Healy (1947-2014) is probably best known as an award-winning novelist and poet, he was also a prolific playwright, screenwriter, an...