The New Electric Ballroom
by Enda Walsh

The New Electric Ballroom Book Cover
The New Electric Ballroom Cover

Synopsis

A dark fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life, from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2008

Three sisters in a remote fishing village, trapped in the years that have passed since their halcyon days at The New Electric Ballroom, are still obsessed by darker memories of something resembling romance.

'a beautiful and devastating play of broken hearts and maimed lives...

Walsh confirms himself as one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre, and one who has a direct conduit to our wanting hearts' - Guardian

'shatteringly fine theatre' - Scotsman

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 4 total roles, 3 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
2008
ISBN 10
1854595326
ISBN 13
9781854595324
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
64 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
2008431420
LCC
PR6123.A46 N49 2008
DCC
822.914
eISBN 13
9781780013220
Print
The New Electric Ballroom is a British play written by and published by Nick Hern Books in London, 2008. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781854595324 and an ISBN-10 of 1854595326.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books with an ISBN-13 of 9781780013220.

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