{"product_id":"9781350111806","title":"Cyprus Avenue","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCyprus Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Ireland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerry Adams has disguised himself as a newborn baby and successfully infiltrated my family home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Miller is a Belfast Loyalist. He believes his five-week old granddaughter is Gerry Adams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis family keep telling him to stop living in the past and fighting old battles that nobody cares about anymore, but his cultural heritage is under siege. He must act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Ireland's black comedy takes one man's identity crisis to the limits as he uncovers the modern day complexity of Ulster Loyalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCyprus Avenue \u003c\/i\u003ewas first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 2016, before transferring to the Royal Court Theatre, The MAC in Belfast and The Public Theater in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] complex, unsettling and provocative play about nationhood and identity” —\u003ci\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ireland's play slyly makes the case that it is not discrimination that ensures survival . . . but rather the ability to be two opposing things at once: Irish and British, politician and terrorist, even comedy and tragedy. If tragicomedy is the natural Irish form, Ireland makes his own inversion here, beginning with amused splutters, ending in hard gulps” —\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Compulsive viewing” —\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Ireland's shocking new play balances humour and horror” —\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350111806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40683210768590,"sku":"9781350111806","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_00775679-b583-42ad-ba40-aa036c51b055.jpg?v=1640145357","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350111806","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}