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- catalog abstract ""Louis MacNeice (1907-1963) is rightly regarded as one of the foremost Irish poets of this century, but he was also a distinctive, gifted, and popular playwright. This unique selection of eight of MacNeice's best plays, most of which were written for BBC Radio, draws on the most authoritative texts to provide a much-needed reminder of the power of his dramatic writing." "The volume comprises MacNeice's famous The Dark Tower, published here for the first time in its third and final version; the saga play They Met on Good Friday and the parable The Mad Islands, both of which use explicitly Irish subject-matter; the stage play One for the Grave, which mercilessly satirizes television and commercialism; the epic Christopher Columbus; He Had a Date (in its second version), an experiment in radio biography; Prisoner's Progress, a prize-winning parable about an escape from a prisoner-of-war camp; and MacNeice's last play, Persons from Porlock, which traces the nemesis of an artist and was broadcast just four days before MacNeice's own death." "This generous and representative selection makes available again MacNeice's entertaining and innovative blend of fantasy and realism, prose and verse, and offers important new perspectives on MacNeice's poetry."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Plays. Selections".
- catalog contributor b4783582.
- catalog contributor b4783583.
- catalog contributor b4783584.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""Louis MacNeice (1907-1963) is rightly regarded as one of the foremost Irish poets of this century, but he was also a distinctive, gifted, and popular playwright. This unique selection of eight of MacNeice's best plays, most of which were written for BBC Radio, draws on the most authoritative texts to provide a much-needed reminder of the power of his dramatic writing." "The volume comprises MacNeice's famous The Dark Tower, published here for the first time in its third and final version; the saga play They Met on Good Friday and the parable The Mad Islands, both of which use explicitly Irish subject-matter; the stage play One for the Grave, which mercilessly satirizes television and commercialism; the epic Christopher Columbus; He Had a Date (in its second version), an experiment in radio biography; Prisoner's Progress, a prize-winning parable about an escape from a prisoner-of-war camp; and MacNeice's last play, Persons from Porlock, which traces the nemesis of an artist and was broadcast just four days before MacNeice's own death." "This generous and representative selection makes available again MacNeice's entertaining and innovative blend of fantasy and realism, prose and verse, and offers important new perspectives on MacNeice's poetry."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "He had a date, or what bearing? -- Dark tower -- Prisoner's progress -- One for the grave -- They met on Good Friday -- Mad islands -- Persons from Porlock.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xv, 413 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Selected plays of Louis MacNeice.".
- catalog identifier "0198112459 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Selected plays of Louis MacNeice.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog relation "Selected plays of Louis MacNeice.".
- catalog subject "822/.912 20".
- catalog subject "English drama Irish authors 20th century.".
- catalog subject "PR6025.A316 A6 1993".
- catalog subject "Radio plays, English Irish authors.".
- catalog tableOfContents "He had a date, or what bearing? -- Dark tower -- Prisoner's progress -- One for the grave -- They met on Good Friday -- Mad islands -- Persons from Porlock.".
- catalog title "Plays. Selections".
- catalog title "Selected plays of Louis MacNeice / edited by Alan Heuser and Peter McDonald.".
- catalog type "text".