Synopsis
McPherson Collected Plays 2 - The Weir & Dublin Carol & Port Authority & Come On Over
Published by Nick Hern Books
The Weir
In a bar in a remote part of Ireland, the local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young women from Dublin newly moved into the area...
'A spellbinder that transfixes you... No praise in fact is too high' ~ Guardian
'The play of the decade' ~ Express
Dublin Carol
On Christmas Eve, a Dublin undertaker is visited by his estranged daughter who wants him to face up to the past
'McPherson writes like a dream ... The play works an ingenious spell' ~ Daily Mail
Port Authority
Three interwoven lives - a boy leaves home for the first time; a man starts a job for which he is unqualified; a pensioner is sent a mysterious package...
'Overwhelmingly poignant ... desolate, searing eloquence' ~ Evening Standard
Come on Over
A Jesuit priest, sent to investigate a 'miracle' in his home town, re-encounters a woman who loved him thirty years before