Seanmhair
(feminine: Scots Gaelic)
Grandmother
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A chance meeting between two children on the streets of Edinburgh leads to a terrible reckoning, leaving Jenny and Tommy forever bound together by blood and fate. Brutal and beautiful, Hywel John's remarkable new play glimmers and cuts like a jewel, fusing raw epic romance with guttural urban poetry to tell the story of a secret generational legacy of love, violence and fury.
Hywel John (born 21 June 1980) is a Welsh playwright and actor. His debut play, Pieces, premiered at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in March 2010, before transferring to Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theatres, New York City, later that year.
Title: Seanmhair (Oberon Modern Plays)
Author: Hywel John
ISBN: 9781786822468
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2017-08-03
Number of Pages: 134
Weight: 0.1600 kg
this isn't a gentle, reflective play about a mundane relationship. It's a cable downed in a hurricane, thrashing and sparking in the wet and windy street... there's little to fault here. Seanmhair is an exciting, volatile new play deserving of wider audiences.' Fest Mag ???? 'A striking new work that suddenly shifts from domestic memoir into thriller territory. The Stage ????