Jun 23, 2016 · Playwright Conor McPherson on why The Weir is still special after 20 years Pat Ryan, Janet Moran and Garett Keogh in The Weir by Conor McPherson. Picture: Darragh Kane
When he saves a young prostitute named Aimee, Tommy begins to feel a glimmer of hope that he can make something of his life. All of that may end, however, as a man from Aimee’s past makes an unwelcome appearance…. . From the author of The Weir and The Seafarer comes the stunning Irish drama the Chicago Tribune calls “raw and beautiful.” May 16, 2013 · McPherson has a superb talent for turning everyday language into poetry. Enter a pub in a backwater of western Ireland. Enter characters that seem instantly appealing. See through the cigarrette smoke, guinness glasses and the spooky tales of traditional Celtic storytelling and see a play full of hidden twists and links. Multiple productions and the international successes of plays like The Weir have led to Conor McPherson being regarded by many as one of the finest writers of his generation. McPherson has also been hugely prolific as a theatre director, as a screenwriter and film director, garnering many awards in these different roles. Conor McPherson was born in Dublin, Ireland on August 6, 1971. The Irish playwright was educated at the University College Dublin, where he studied philosophy, literature, and psychology. McPherson is known for his “amazing gift for storytelling,” often expressed in monologue form. Apr 01, 1999 · About the Author Conor McPherson was born in Dublin, where he still lives. His plays include This Lime Tree Bower, St. Nicholas, The Weir, Port Authority and Dublin Carol. He has written three films, I Went Down, Saltwater and The Actors, and directed the last two. Jan 17, 2013 · As in so much of the work of Irish playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, Shining City), this quiet gambit leads us into a story of fascinating complication — and, even more seductively into the conflicted mind of the storyteller himself. Something has gone bad with a hit job, and our man, a denizen of the Dublin underground, is no longer
Oct 05, 2011 · Conor McPherson has in the past shown a genius for investing the melancholy of modern Irish life with a sinister undertow. Now he has thrown caution to the winds by setting his new play in the
Multiple productions and the international successes of plays like The Weir have led to Conor McPherson being regarded by many as one of the finest writers of his generation. McPherson has also been hugely prolific as a theatre director, as a screenwriter and film director, garnering many awards in these different roles. Conor McPherson was born in Dublin, Ireland on August 6, 1971. The Irish playwright was educated at the University College Dublin, where he studied philosophy, literature, and psychology. McPherson is known for his “amazing gift for storytelling,” often expressed in monologue form. Apr 01, 1999 · About the Author Conor McPherson was born in Dublin, where he still lives. His plays include This Lime Tree Bower, St. Nicholas, The Weir, Port Authority and Dublin Carol. He has written three films, I Went Down, Saltwater and The Actors, and directed the last two.
Synopsis In a small bar called The Weir in a rural town in Ireland, three local men are settling down for the night, enjoying good beer and company. Their normal routine is shaken up when their friend Finland enters the bar and introduces them to Valerie, an attractive woman from Dublin who has just moved into an old haunted house in the town.
The Weir, a play by Conor McPherson, is set in a rural pub in an isolated small town in the windswept countryside of northwestern Ireland. Each of the five characters in the play has their own