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Medicine and the Same - by Enda Walsh (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • "One of themost fiercely individual voices in theatre today.
  • About the Author: Enda Walsh's plays include Disco Pigs, TheWalworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, misterman, Ballyturk, and Arlington.
  • 96 Pages
  • Drama, European

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About the Book



"Medicine is a dark and frequently absurdist play. Devastatingly funny and profoundly moving, it examines how, for decades, we have treated those who we call 'mentally ill.' ... This edition also includes Walsh's play The Same, about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution, which won the The Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Play."--Provided by publisher.



Book Synopsis



"One of the
most fiercely individual voices in theatre today." -New York Times

John Kane
is sitting on a hospital gurney, and very shortly a jazz percussionist, two women
called Mary, a very old man and a giant lobster will arrive. Then everything
will start.


Medicine is a dark and frequently absurdist play.
Devastatingly funny and profoundly moving, it examines how, for decades, we have
treated those who we call "mentally ill."


It was first
produced by Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival as part
of the Edinburgh International Festival, prior to performances in Galway and
Brooklyn.


This edition
also includes Walsh's play The Same, about two women who meet in a
psychiatric institution, which won the The Irish Times Irish Theatre
Award for Best Play.



Review Quotes




"Devilishly satirical... cuts disturbingly close to the bone."



"Enda Walsh's new play is a heartbreaking yet hugely energizing and thrilling
journey through one man's troubled past."



"Flamboyant, funny and surreal."



"Takes the stage by storm... It's bizarre, quite extraordinary and mind-boggling."



"Taut and energetic, frequently bleak, but shot through with touches
of absurdist humor... burns with searing honesty... It's chilling,
powerful, and unforgettable."



"Medicine, as directed by Walsh himself, is pitch-perfect,
hilarious, terrifying and revelatory. Unforgettable."

"In this room echo the ghosts of Ireland's failures: tribunals,
institutionalization and complicity. Cruelty is repeated again and again. Only
a few a small acts of humanity intervene to mark the passage of time. It is impossible
to look away."



About the Author



Enda Walsh's plays include Disco Pigs, The
Walworth Farce
, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, misterman,
Ballyturk, and Arlington. He wrote the book for the musicals Once,
Sing Street, and Lazarus with David Bowie, the operas The
First Child, The Last Hotel
and The Second Violinist, with composer
Donnacha Dennehy, and the screenplay for Hunger, which won the Caméra
d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 4.8 Inches (W) x .16 Inches (D)
Weight: .25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 96
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: European
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Enda Walsh
Language: English
Street Date: December 14, 2021
TCIN: 84914448
UPC: 9781636700960
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-2880
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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