The Seafarer

Cast: 5m

Staging: Single interior set

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 112 pages ISBN: 9781854599490Publication Date:
12 Oct 2006
Size: 200mm x 130mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook, 112 pages ISBN: 9781780012810Publication Date:
15 Oct 2014
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
First Staged:
National Theatre, London, 2006

The Seafarer

By Conor McPherson

Paperback £12.99£10.39

Ebook £12.99£10.39

A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.

It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul.

Conor McPherson's play The Seafarer was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in the Cottesloe auditorium, in September 2006.

The Seafarer is also available in the collection Conor McPherson Plays: Three.

Press Quotes

'A blistering emotional punch... The Seafarer first ambushes you and then haunts you for days afterwards'

Time Out

'Sparkling and suspenseful... McPherson is a born yarn-spinner'

Guardian

'McPherson's new play is one of his most succinct and startling, and the funniest to date... what he creates is apparently simple, but daring and memorable. He sends his characters off on benders, and they bump into the infinite'

Observer

'A realistic fantasy, a wide-awake nightmare. The writing is poetic, brutal, athletic, hilarious'

Sunday Times

Cast: 5m

Staging:Single interior set

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,112 pages ISBN: 9781854599490Publication Date:
12 Oct 2006
Size: 200mm x 130mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook,112 pages ISBN: 9781780012810Publication Date:
15 Oct 2014
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)

Also by Conor McPherson:

Come On Over
Girl from the North Country
The Veil
Cold War
The Weir
This Lime Tree Bower
Conor McPherson Plays: One
Shining City
Conor McPherson Plays: Three
Port Authority
Rum and Vodka
St Nicholas
Dublin Carol
Conor McPherson Plays: Two
Uncle Vanya
The Night Alive
The Nest
The Good Thief
The Birds
The Dance of Death

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