Woman and Scarecrow
by Marina Carr

Name: Woman and Scarecrow
Brand: Marina Carr
SKU: 9780822224167
Rating: 4.21 (5 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

Male

90 minsUnit Set/Multiple Settings

What readers are saying

Readers love the emotional depth and relatability of the play, praising Marina Carr's writing style and ability to evoke a range of feelings. Many find the performance mesmerizing, with a mix of humor and sadness that lingers long after. Overall, it is considered a thought-provoking piece that resonates with audiences of various ages.

Emotional depth and relatabilityHauntingly beautiful writingEngaging performanceThought-provoking and fascinatingSome found it underwhelming for school assignments

Synopsis

THE STORY: A passionate woman—mother of eight children and wife to a remorseful husband—now facing death, looks back over her life and asks what could have been.

Pathos and bitter humor mix in this powerful play from one of Ireland's leading dramatists.

Press Reviews

"In language that varies from the poetic to the coarse, Marina Carr paints a portrait of a feisty woman who did not ever have the opportunity to enjoy a fulfilled life but had more fun than her relations could credit…both illuminating and entertaining in circumstances where one might expect unremitting gloom.”—British Theatre Guide. “…potent, bittersweet, and darkly funny…If the play is largely about the sadness of missed opportunities, it is also marked by moments of great beauty and a robust sense of humour.” —Galway Advertiser. “It is an angry, intensely cerebral play. But it is cased in a twister of impassioned emotional storm the like of which has seldom been seen on a stage. And it is wonderful…Carr writes emotional pain like few others, and she surpasses herself in this work."
— Irish Independent