Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts

by Jimmy McAleavey

Overview

We wanted to be someone. Some . . . I dunno . . . thing.

Nig and Wee Joe used to be soldiers. They have done monstrous things. Now nobody is listening and nobody gives a fuck either way. Their lives are full of cognitive behavioural therapy, valium and guilt.

One last operation offers the chance to bring meaning to their actions. It also brings them face to face with 'L', who represents the new and unpredictable reality of war in Northern Ireland.

This tense and darkly funny play from Jimmy McAleavey takes a fearless look at why men go to war. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 4 June 2015.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474266819
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/17/2015
Series:	Modern Plays
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	426 KB

About the Author

Jimmy McAleavey is the author of numerous stage plays, including: Inventors (Kabosh, 2013), The Queen's Shilling (Goldin+Senneby 2013), Titans (Kabosh, 2012), Monsters, Dinosaurs (Abbey Theatre, 2011), Get Gaddafi (Tinderbox, 2011), The Sign of the Whale (Tinderbox, 2010), The Joy (and Roy) of Irish (Kabosh, 2010), The Virgin Father (Tinderbox, 2009) and Weirdwolf (Tinderbox, 2008). Awards include: Stewart Parker Major Bursary (The Sign of the Whale), shortlisted for Meyer Whitworth Award (The Sign of the Whale), shortlisted for King's Cross Theatre Award (Weirdwolf), Special Commendation Imison Award (The Ballad of Shane O'Neill), BBC Northern Lights short film award (Heroes), RTE/Galway Film Centre Short Film Award (Crossing), BBC Radio 4 First Bite Award (Cemetery Sunday), Finalist in the BBCNI Tony Doyle Award, NI Arts Council ACES award, NI Arts Council SIAP award. Jimmy McAleavey is currently Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre/School of English, Queens University Belfast. He convenes the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) and teaches Year 2 and Year 3 undergraduates.
Jimmy McAleavey is the author of numerous stage plays, including: Inventors (Kabosh, 2013), The Queen's Shilling (Goldin+Senneby 2013), Titans (Kabosh, 2012), Monsters, Dinosaurs (Abbey Theatre, 2011), Get Gaddafi (Tinderbox, 2011), The Sign of the Whale (Tinderbox, 2010), The Joy (and Roy) of Irish (Kabosh, 2010), The Virgin Father (Tinderbox, 2009) and Weirdwolf (Tinderbox, 2008). He has had several radio productions: Hearing Voices (BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 2011), Wigs on the Green (a six-part series co-written with John Murphy on RTE radio, 2010), Food of the Blue (Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 2009), Moonmen (BBC Radio 3, 2008), The Last Words of Van Helsing (BBC Radio 7, 2007), The Ballad of Shane O'Neill (Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 2006), Cemetery Sunday (Radio 4, 1995).
He has written for feature films, written and directed short films, scripted TV drama and produced and directed factual TV.
Awards include: Stewart Parker Major Bursary (The Sign of the Whale), shortlisted for Meyer Whitworth Award (The Sign of the Whale), shortlisted for King's Cross Theatre Award (Weirdwolf), Special Commendation Imison Award (The Ballad of Shane O'Neill), BBC Northern Lights short film award (Heroes), RTE/Galway Film Centre Short Film Award (Crossing), BBC Radio 4 First Bite Award (Cemetery Sunday), Finalist in the BBCNI Tony Doyle Award, NI Arts Council ACES award, NI Arts Council SIAP award.
Dr Jimmy McAleavey is currently Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre/School of English. He convenes the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) and teaches Year 2 and Year 3 undergraduates.