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Audrey or Sorrow

Marina Carr

In an old house somewhere in Ireland, a young mother watches over her sleeping baby. But, in Marina Carr’s dark and dangerously funny new play, nothing is as it seems.

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Ebook
ISBN
9780571389735
Date Published
28.03.2024

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Summary

It was a terrible crossing. The worst yet. There weren’t enough boats. I had to stab my way up the gangplank. It was pitch black and the ferryman hadn’t an eye in his head.

In a house, a young mother watches over her sleeping baby. But in this dark and dangerously funny play, nothing is as it seems.

Audrey or Sorrow is a shape-shifting, time-bending deep dive into a world of unimaginable loss. It exemplifies Marina Carr’s work: storytelling that pushes the boundaries of love, power and desire.

Draw coal. Coal is a beautiful thing. Someday we’ll all be coal.

A Landmark Productions and Abbey Theatre co-production, it opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in February 2024.

Critic Reviews

All facets of Marina Carr’s precious mineral are on display in this startling new play . . . the dominant strain is a school of Gothic comedy that few other playwrights would dare to wrap around such a harrowing core.

Irish Times

Critic Reviews

As dark and blackly comic as can be (belly laughs and cot deaths, anyone?) . . . A penultimate scene, a family dinner, could be taught as a masterclass of ensemble dramatic writing. Line by line, we go from small talk to dark revelation.

Irish Examiner

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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 is currently Associate Professor 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…

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