What follows is a dangerous battle fuelled by love, grief and power. Marina Carr's adaptation of the infamous Greek myth brings Clytemnestra's story to the fore and asks if it is possible to forgive the unforgivable. He turns to me in hall one evening, wine on him, sentimental.
I Neanderthal Prince of the Plains I saw Eden It wasn't much I saw The tree The gates Rusty But still Intact I saw The triple lock The jack boot The size of an oak I retreated Wisely God they Were Ugly Marina Carr's iGirl premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in October 2021.
The first collection of plays by Marina Carr introduces the work of a major new voice in playwriting. But it has to be seen.' Irish IndependentBy the Bog of Cats . Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic and the real.' Guardian'A great play . a great work of poetry .
This is certainly unsettling territory and Carr boldly goes for it.' Financial TimesMarble'An extraordinary play that lures us in with a promise of the recognisable only to drag us screaming into the soaring, magnificent possibilities of love and the destruction that it wreaks.' Irish Independent
Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land.
This third richly varied collection of plays by Marina Carr was published to coincide with the Royal Shakespeare Company's premiere of Hecuba at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in September 2015. Sixteen Possible Glimpses imagines sixteen fleeting moments in Anton Chekhov's short life and work.
Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is an examination of a country in the midst of extraordinary change. Marina Carr brings a new perspective to Anna Karenina in her stage adaptation of this epic love story, which opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in December 2016.
It exemplifies Marina Carr's work: storytelling that pushes the boundaries of love, power and desire. Draw coal. A Landmark Productions and Abbey Theatre co-production, it opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in February 2024.
Eine neue Generation von Dramatikern drängt auf die Bühnen, und mit Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Marina Carr und Martin Crimp stellt dieser Band vier der wichtigsten jungen Autoren vor. Zwischen Techno und Tradition, Pop-Kultur und Poesie machen ihre Stücke längst auch international Furore.
