Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh is a multi-award-winning Irish playwright. He lives in London. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and has been performed internationally since 1998.
His recent plays include: Medicine at the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival and Galway International Arts Festival; Arlington at the 2016 Galway International Festival; an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits for the Royal Court (2015); Ballyturk and Room 303 at the 2014 Galway International Arts Festival; Misterman, presented by Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival in Ireland, London and New York (2011–2012); and several plays for Druid Theatre Company, including Penelope, which has been presented in Ireland, America and London, from 2010–2011, The New Electric Ballroom, which played Ireland, Australia, Edinburgh, London, New York and LA from 2008–2009, and The Walworth Farce, which played Ireland, Edinburgh, London and New York, as well as an American and Australian tour, from 2007–2010.
He collaborated with David Bowie on the musical Lazarus (New York Theatre Workshop, 2015, and West End, 2016), and won a Tony Award in 2012 for writing the book for the musical Once, seen on Broadway, in the West End and on a US tour.
His other plays include Delirium (Theatre O/Barbican), which played Dublin and a British tour in 2008; Chatroom (National Theatre), which played at the National Theatre and on tour in Britain and Asia (2006–2007); and The Small Things (Paines Plough), which played London and Ireland (2005).
His early plays include Bedbound (Dublin Theatre Festival) and Disco Pigs (Corcadorca).
His film work includes Disco Pigs (Temple Films/Renaissance) and Hunger (Blast/FILM4), winner of the Camera d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
misterman (2001 edition)
A strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.
Misterman
A virtuosic study of one man's descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland. This edition was published alongside the 2012 production at the National Theatre starring Cillian Murphy.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Medicine & The Same: two plays
By Enda WalshTwo plays by Enda Walsh: Medicine, a dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'; and The Same, about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Medicine
By Enda WalshA dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'.
Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two playsLynndie's Gotta Gun
By Enda WalshA short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.
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Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics
By David Bowie and Enda WalshThe extraordinary musical inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its cult film adaptation starring David Bowie, and incorporating some of Bowie's most iconic songs.
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By Enda WalshA short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.
Published in volume ArlingtonHow These Desperate Men Talk
By Enda WalshA short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.
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A Girl's Bedroom
By Enda WalshA short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.
Published in volume ArlingtonThe Ginger Ale Boy
By Enda WalshWalsh's very first, previously unpublished play, is a Cork cabaret about a ventriloquist who loses control.
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Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
By Enda WalshThe award-winning play about two warped teenagers that confirmed Enda Walsh's place in the forefront of young Irish dramatists - plus his short play, Sucking Dublin.
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By Enda WalshEnda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits
Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
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