Big Maggie: Schools edition with notes by Eilis Flanagan

Fiction & Literature, Drama, British & Irish, Literary
Cover of the book Big Maggie: Schools edition with notes by Eilis Flanagan by John B. Keane, Mercier Press
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Author: John B. Keane ISBN: 9781781172865
Publisher: Mercier Press Publication: July 4, 2014
Imprint: Mercier Press Language: English
Author: John B. Keane
ISBN: 9781781172865
Publisher: Mercier Press
Publication: July 4, 2014
Imprint: Mercier Press
Language: English

The story of Big Maggie Polpin and her attempts to keep her family together after the death of her husband is an enduring theatre favourite. The dialogue crackles with hilarious, caustic putdowns as the indomitable Maggie deals with her feckless family and unwanted suitors. Everyone wants a part of Big Maggie and her property, but she has other ideas.

John B. Keane's wonderful creation of a rural Irish matriarch ranks with Juno, Mommo and Molly Bloom as one of the great female creations of twentieth-century Irish literature.

'A fullblooded, salty, earthy play with a great ring of truth and uproarious with comedy' – The Irish Times

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The story of Big Maggie Polpin and her attempts to keep her family together after the death of her husband is an enduring theatre favourite. The dialogue crackles with hilarious, caustic putdowns as the indomitable Maggie deals with her feckless family and unwanted suitors. Everyone wants a part of Big Maggie and her property, but she has other ideas.

John B. Keane's wonderful creation of a rural Irish matriarch ranks with Juno, Mommo and Molly Bloom as one of the great female creations of twentieth-century Irish literature.

'A fullblooded, salty, earthy play with a great ring of truth and uproarious with comedy' – The Irish Times

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