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The Weir

by Conor McPherson
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Overview

In a bar in rural Ireland, the local men swap spooky stories in an attempt to impress a young woman from Dublin who recently moved into a nearby "haunted" house. However, the tables are soon turned when she spins a yarn of her own.

Synopsis

In a bar in rural Ireland, the local men swap spooky stories in an attempt to impress a young woman from Dublin who recently moved into a nearby "haunted" house. However, the tables are soon turned when she spins a yarn of her own.

London Telegraph

The writing is rich, vivid and often wonderfully funny...A distinctive talent to cherish.

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Editorials

London Daily Telegraph

Sheer theatrical magic. I have rarely been so convinced that I have just seen a modern classic. Tremendous.

London Telegraph

The writing is rich, vivid and often wonderfully funny...A distinctive talent to cherish.

NY Times

You shed all sense of time at this beautiful and devious new play.

The Guardian (London)

A spellbinder that transfixes you...No praise in fact is too high...THE WEIR offers the most exciting evening in theatrical London.

The Times Literary Supplement (London)

With bewitching fluency allied with a gift for locating the greatest emotions in the smallest details, and a faultless ear for idiom, McPherson achieves something remarkable.

Book Details

Published
July 1, 2000
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780822217060

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