The Dead
by Frank Mcguinness

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Synopsis

The year is 1904 in the city of Dublin.

Gretta and Gabriel Conroy attend the Morkan Sisters annual dinner on the Feast of the Epiphany and the last day of Christmas.

An evening of laughter, music and dance ends in an epiphany for Gabriel

Recognised as a masterpiece, The Dead, the short story from James Joyce's Dubliners, is dramatised by Frank McGuinness.

The play premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in December 2012.

Publication

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year Published
2012
ISBN 10
0571302122
ISBN 13
9780571302123
Print Length
80 pages
Language
English
LCCN
2012551421
Print
The Dead is a British adaptation play written by and published by Faber & Faber in 2012. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780571302123 and an ISBN-10 of 0571302122.
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