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Gates of Gold
Gates of Gold by Frank McGuinness is a powerful, subtle and funny play, exploring the territory where boundaries of love, devotion and hate coalesce.
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Conrad and Gabriel are lovers but when Alma arrives to tend the sick Gabriel, their lives are unpicked and remade. Frank McGuinness’s powerful, subtle and funny play explores the territory where boundaries of love, devotion and hate coalesce.
Gates of Gold premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 2002.
Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, and now lives in Dublin and lectures in English at University College Dublin. His plays include: The Factory Girls (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1982), Baglady (Abbey, 1985), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Abbey, 1985; Hampstead Theatre, London, 1986), Innocence (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1986), Carthaginians (Abbey, 1988; Hampstead, 1989), Mary…
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