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Penelope

Author: 
Enda Walsh
Publisher(s): 
Nick Hern Books, London
Publication Date: 
2010-07
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"It's this weird, existential comedy with guys in their swimming trunks. They hate one another and they're competing for each other for this woman's love. But they're terrible men and terrible at wooing."

- Enda Walsh, in interview

Description

This is Enda Walsh's seventeenth play.  He has also written a number of screenplays and radio plays, and been both nominated for and awarded many literary prizes.  Penelope is a tragicomedy, inspired by The Odyssey. 

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Interviews: 
Interview with Enda Walsh, The Arts Desk
Interview with Enda Walsh, Theatre Jones
Interview with Enda Walsh, Run Riot
Production/Performance History: 
Premiere, Druid Lane Theatre, Galway, 13 July 2010
Steppenwolf, Chicago, 11 December 2010
Playography Ireland (Irish Theatre Institute)
Reviews: 
Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times
Steve Dow, The Sydney Morning Herald
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Michael Billington, The Guardian
Peter Marks, The Washington Post
Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune
Emma Berge, British Theatre Guide
Sarah Braybrooke, Crikey
Matthew Harrison, Irish Theatre Magazine
Jerry Wasserman, The Province
Lisa Thatcher, blog
Mei Tan, Obsessed

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Publisher(s):
Nick Hern Books, London