Marina Carr: Plays 4: iGirl, Girl on an Altar, Audrey or Sorrow, To the Lighthouse, Gilgamesh

by Marina Carr

iGirl

'Stylishly, mysteriously, and with a soaring imagination, Marina Carr has upended the definition of feminism.' Independent on Sunday

Girl on an Altar

'Mesmerisingly compelling . . . Carr's words are a delight to hear, even at their most bleak. Bracingly good.' Evening Standard

Audrey or Sorrow

'All facets of Marina Carr's precious mineral are on display in this startling play.' Irish Times

To the Lighthouse

'Gloriously ambitious and inventive . . . Woolf and Carr are an inspired match, the Irish playwright detecting the absolute truths of Woolf's work with laser-sharp focus and mining them to their fullest effect.' Irish Examiner


This collection also includes Gilgamesh, Carr's adaptation of the ancient Sumerian epic, a bold exploration of its enduring themes of power, love, mortality and our ruinous relationship to the natural world.

441 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 16, 2025

About the author

Marina Carr was brought up in County Offaly. A graduate of University College Dublin, she has written extensively for the theatre. She has taught at Villanova, Princeton, and currently teaches in the School of English, Dublin City University. Awards include the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Macaulay Fellowship, the E. M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Wyndham Campbell Prize. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.