Comic novel of Anglo-Irish society.

The Last Chronicles of Ballyfungus

Manning, Mary

Little,Brown

Frank O'Connor's The saint and Mary Kate;: A tragi-comedy adapted for the stage (Adaptations, 2)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Proscenium Press

Damaged in Transit

Parenting & Relationships

Spineless Wonders

Plays by Women in Ireland (1926-33): Feminist Theatres of Freedom and Resistance: Distinguished Villa; The Woman; Youth’s the Season; Witch’s Brew; Bluebeard (Methuen Drama Play Collections, 19)

This anthology provides access to neglected theatrical work and broadens our understanding of the history of Irish theatre as well as the vital role of women within it. The introduction places these plays in dialogue with one another as well as within the national context of the repealing of women's rights during the Irish Free State years. These are plays by authors including Mary Manning, Dorothy Macardle, Mary Devenport O'Neill, Kate O'Brien and Margaret O'Leary, which are difficult to access, but which are increasingly visible in Irish theatre scholarship. This unique collection places the playwrights in dialogue to form a tradition of women's theatrical work that challenges the male-dominated literary canon of Irish theatre, as well as enriching the body of women's theatrical work in the Anglophone world during the interwar years. Includes the plays: Kate O'Brien - Distinguished Villa (1926) Margaret O'Leary - The Woman (1929) Mary Manning - Youth's the Season (1931) Dorothy Macardle - Witch's Brew (1931) Mary Devenport O'Neill - Bluebeard (1933)

Plays by Women in Ireland (1926-33): Feminist Theatres of Freedom and Resistance: Distinguished Villa; The Woman; Youth’s The Season; Witch’s Brew; Bluebeard (Methuen Drama Play Collections, 19)

O'Brien, Kate

MacArdle, Dorothy

O’Leary, Margaret

O’Neill, Mary Devenport

Methuen Drama

The harrowing and truly shocking story of a young girl whose stepfather abused her. "Over and over again he warned me he would kill me if I told anyone. I was completely isolated. He made sure of that." Mary was a shy 10-year-old girl when she was first introduced to her new dad, Sean. From the very beginning he seemed to pay her special attention; praise for good behaviour, compliments about her clothes, help with school work. Mary trusted him. Why wouldn't she? He was an adult, her mother was an alcoholic and Sean was there to protect her. Then he started touching her and when she turned 12, he raped her. Threatened, frightened and alone, Sean continued to abuse Mary and fathered four of her children, the first when she was 16 years old. Then finally, after 20 years of abuse, a struggle with social services, counselling and an encounter with her now husband Mark, Mary found the courage to escape her abuser for good and reclaim her life.

Nobody will Believe You: A Young Girl Abused by Her Stepfather. A True Story of Unbreakable Courage.

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Ebury Press

Nobody Will Believe You

OʼBrien Press

Mary Manning knew little about apartheid when, at the age of twenty-one, she refused to register the sale of two South African grapefruits under a directive from her union. She was suspended and nine of her co-workers walked out in support. They all assumed they would shortly return to work. But their voices ignited a mass movement they couldn't imagine. Despite harassment from the police, government, and church, they refused to be silenced. Within months they were embroiled in a dispute that captured the world's attention. In this searing account, Mary tells the story of their public fight for justice. This is a provocative story that epitomizes the resilience of hope even under the most formidable circumstances.

Striking Back: The Untold Story of an Anti-Apartheid Striker

O'Brien, Sinéad

Community & Culture

Collins Pr

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