Little Gem
Paperback, 56 pages ISBN: 9781848420786Publication Date:
6 Aug 2009
Size: 198mm x 129mm£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
Ebook, 56 pages ISBN: 9781780013268Publication Date:
21 Aug 2014
£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
First Staged:
Guna Nua and Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin 2008, Traverse, Edinburgh 2009

Little Gem

By Elaine Murphy

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  • BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award in Association with the Stewart Parker Trust
  • Carol Tambor 'Best of Edinburgh' Award - 2009
  • Fishamble Award for Best New Irish Writing

Love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes. Three generations of women. One extraordinary year.

Amber has fierce bad indigestion and the sambucas aren't getting rid of it. Lorraine attacks a customer and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist. Kay's got an itch 'down there' that Gem can't scratch. And if all that wasn't bad enough, Little Gem makes his presence felt and – well – life is never the same again.

Elaine Murphy's play Little Gem was first staged by Guna Nua and Civic Theatre, Tallaght, in 2008, then at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2009. It won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, the BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award in Association with the Stewart Parker Trust, and the Fishamble Award for Best New Irish Writing.

Press Quotes

'Delightful... a play that, like its characters, gurgles and giggles with life even in the face of death'

Guardian

'A blazing authenticity'

The Times

'Made me laugh and cry with pleasure... It's a blast'

Time Out
Paperback,56 pages ISBN: 9781848420786Publication Date:
6 Aug 2009
Size: 198mm x 129mm£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
Ebook,56 pages ISBN: 9781780013268Publication Date:
21 Aug 2014
£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)

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