Lay me down softly / Billy Roche.
"Set in rural Ireland of the early 1960s, Billy Roche's play introduces the colourful if seedy burlesque that is Delaney's Travelling Roadshow - and in particular its boxing hall, where prizefighter Dean takes on all comers on a nightly basis. That is, until a challenge from a profess...
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| Language: | English |
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London : Nick Hern Books,
2008.
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| Summary: | "Set in rural Ireland of the early 1960s, Billy Roche's play introduces the colourful if seedy burlesque that is Delaney's Travelling Roadshow - and in particular its boxing hall, where prizefighter Dean takes on all comers on a nightly basis. That is, until a challenge from a professional fighter upsets the apple-cart." "Inhabiting a forgotten world that in nonetheless brimming with all-too-familiar passions and human foibles, Lay Me Down Softly is another slice of vintage Roche, following on from his Wexford Trilogy and other tales of small-town Ireland. It premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2008." --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 82 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781848420304 (pbk.) 1848420307 |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |