Howie the Rookie

by Mark O?Rowe

Overview

Yes! Yet another brilliant young Irish playwright makes his debut.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781854594228
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Mark O'Rowe was born in Dublin where he still lives. His first film, Intermission, starring Colin Farrell, opens soon in Ireland.

Editorial Reviews

...ripe with propulsive syntax, musical repetitions and majestic hyperbole that somehow keep speech on a gut level of engagement...[The] epithetladen language suggest Homer channeled, via Irish cadences and argot, through the gutter-speak of rap stars. It's a clipped, highly kinetic poetry that transforms even a quarrel with the parents over baby-sitting into something like Ulysses' battle with the Cyclops...gives you that priceless, delirious high that comes from hearing words made flesh.

NY Times

...provides a visceral kick far more powerful than your average multimillion-dollar martial arts picture...[a] terrifically talented playwright...a brutal, bitterly funny and surprisingly tender evening of theater...

Variety