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Misterman
Misterman first published in the edition bedbound and misterman ... in 2001 ...
53 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Enda Walsh
44 books42 followersEnda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright born in Dublin and currently living in London. Walsh attended the same secondary school where both Roddy Doyle and Paul Mercier taught. Having written for the Dublin Youth Theatre, he moved to Cork where he wrote Fishy Tales for the Graffiti Theatre Company, followed by Ginger Ale Boy for Corcadorca Theatre Company. His main breakthrough came with the production of his play Disco Pigs in collaboration with director Pat Kiernan of Corcadorca. Since then he moved to London, where he has been particularly prolific over the past five years, bringing his productions to thirteen stage plays, two radio plays and two screenplays.
Winner of the 1997 Stewart Parker and the George Devine Awards, he won the Abbey Theatre Writer in Association Award for 2006. Productions of his plays at the Edinburgh Festival have won four Fringe First Awards, two Critic's Awards and a Herald Archangel Award (2008). His plays, notably Disco Pigs[1], Bedbound, Small Things, Chatroom, New Electric Ballroom[2] and The Walworth Farce, have been translated into more than 20 languages and have had productions throughout Europe and in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. He has written two radio plays, with Four Big Days in the Life of Dessie Banks for RTÉ winning the I PA Radio Drama Award and The Monotonous Life of Little Miss P for the BBC commended at the Gran Prix Berlin. His commissioned work includes plays for Paines Plough in London, the Druid Theatre in Galway, the Kammerspiele in Munich and the Royal National's Connections Project in London. He wrote the screenplay of the film Disco Pigs and co-wrote the screenplay of Hunger which was directed by Steve McQueen and stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker who starved himself to death in protest over British rule. Hunger won numerous awards (see below) including the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Film Award from the Evening Standard British Film Awards 2009 and a nomination for Best British Film at the British Academy Film Awards. He wrote an adaptation of his play Chatroom for a film directed by Hideo Nakata which was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently under commission for two films, an adaptation of the children's story Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson and a biography of Dusty Springfield.
Winner of the 1997 Stewart Parker and the George Devine Awards, he won the Abbey Theatre Writer in Association Award for 2006. Productions of his plays at the Edinburgh Festival have won four Fringe First Awards, two Critic's Awards and a Herald Archangel Award (2008). His plays, notably Disco Pigs[1], Bedbound, Small Things, Chatroom, New Electric Ballroom[2] and The Walworth Farce, have been translated into more than 20 languages and have had productions throughout Europe and in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. He has written two radio plays, with Four Big Days in the Life of Dessie Banks for RTÉ winning the I PA Radio Drama Award and The Monotonous Life of Little Miss P for the BBC commended at the Gran Prix Berlin. His commissioned work includes plays for Paines Plough in London, the Druid Theatre in Galway, the Kammerspiele in Munich and the Royal National's Connections Project in London. He wrote the screenplay of the film Disco Pigs and co-wrote the screenplay of Hunger which was directed by Steve McQueen and stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker who starved himself to death in protest over British rule. Hunger won numerous awards (see below) including the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Film Award from the Evening Standard British Film Awards 2009 and a nomination for Best British Film at the British Academy Film Awards. He wrote an adaptation of his play Chatroom for a film directed by Hideo Nakata which was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently under commission for two films, an adaptation of the children's story Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson and a biography of Dusty Springfield.
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October 24, 2023
The book/play is about a religious mania in a small-town Ireland. Thomas who is our main character thinks his town is full of sin and he says he wants to save the town from it's sins.
It is a nice play and has good cultural language.
It is a nice play and has good cultural language.
February 3, 2016
4,75 Sterne.
Irgendwie war das ziemlich ziemlich gut und, verdammt, DAS hätte ich gern als Stück gesehen. Ich glaube, ich müsste mich noch ein bisschen damit be-fassen, um es besser er-fassen zu können, aber dafür fehlt mir die Muße. Es lies sich jedenfalls sehr gut lesen, war auch sehr interessant und ich konnte es mir gut auf einer Bühne vorstellen. (Mit Cillian Murphy als Hauptdarsteller, natürlich. 2011 wurde es mit ihm aufgeführt.)
Irgendwie war das ziemlich ziemlich gut und, verdammt, DAS hätte ich gern als Stück gesehen. Ich glaube, ich müsste mich noch ein bisschen damit be-fassen, um es besser er-fassen zu können, aber dafür fehlt mir die Muße. Es lies sich jedenfalls sehr gut lesen, war auch sehr interessant und ich konnte es mir gut auf einer Bühne vorstellen. (Mit Cillian Murphy als Hauptdarsteller, natürlich. 2011 wurde es mit ihm aufgeführt.)
June 14, 2022
wow. just, wow.
February 7, 2023
This was so incredible! Really interesting allegory running throughout, I can’t wait to watch this one on National Theatre At Home when it’s released.
I bought my copy of the play text second hand, and whoever read it before me must have been eating some kind of cake while they read, there were crumbs in every page… might have been a cheesecake :P
but that didn’t stop me from enjoying the text!
I bought my copy of the play text second hand, and whoever read it before me must have been eating some kind of cake while they read, there were crumbs in every page… might have been a cheesecake :P
but that didn’t stop me from enjoying the text!
May 1, 2023
Amazing writing and build up!
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June 12, 2025Wish I could've seen the play. The book is confusing but read through it. It's a brilliant story.
June 2, 2012
I personally preferred 'The Walworth Farce' by Enda Walsh, but Cillian's performance was amazing, which makes me wonder who else can perform this essentially one man show? Enda Walsh is adept at dramatising misfits and outsiders, so much so that we are drawn into their world and concerns despite their actions.
May 26, 2012
London 2012 - Cillian Murphy
October 23, 2014
Spectacular and tragic, I read this after seeing it at the National Theater.
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