Once Before I Go
$26.60
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2025
Summary
Once Before I Go: A Queer Irish Drama Across Decades
Told against the backdrop of Dublin’s burgeoning gay rights movement of the 1980s and 1990s and the contemporary LGBTQ+ community of today, Once Before I Go explores the bonds of Irish queer lives across three decades in Dublin, London and Paris.
This Student Edition includes commentary and notes by Fintan Walsh, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, which look at the play’s themes of sexuality, emi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350523760 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1350523763 |
| Series: | Student Editions |
| Author: | Fintan Walsh, Phillip McMahon |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 109g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
Once Before I Go is a play that implores us to join the dance, to live fully, to live without judgment, to live well. * Irish Times *McMahon’s dark-humoured, powerful play says more about Ireland than reams of opinion columns. * The Times *
About The Author
Fintan Walsh
Philip McMahon is a playwright and theatre director based in Dublin, Ireland. His plays include Come On Home (Abbey Theatre, nominated by Best New Play in the 2019 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards) and Town is Dead (Abbey Theatre, nominated for five Irish Theatre Awards, 2017). He is also Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, UK.
Fintan Walsh is Professor of Performing Arts and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, where he is Head of the School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication.
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