The Sanctuary Lamp

by Tom Murphy

Overview

"The most important and controversial work to be mounted by the National Theatre for many a year" (Irish Times)



The Sanctuary Lamp is set in a church. "Murphy, in the best traditions of Bunuel, takes a hallowed institution and populates it with social misfits who desecrate every convention in both thought and action...Murphy's savage indignation is unbearably true..." (Irish Times)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780413771223
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/15/2001
Series:	Modern Plays
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Tom Murphy's work includes A Whistle in the Dark, Famine, The Morning After Optimism, The Sanctuary Lamp, Conversations on a Homecomnig, The Gigli Concert, Bailegangaire, Too Late for Logic, She Stoop s to Folly and The Wake. His career has been markedly associated with the Irish National Theatre (th e Abbey Theatre). He was born in Tuam, Co. Galway. He lives in Dublin.

Editorial Reviews

The most important and controversial work to be mounted by the National Theatre for many a year” —Irish Times

From the Publisher

The most important and controversial work to be mounted by the National Theatre for many a year

Irish Times