{"product_id":"9781474218108","title":"The Mommo Plays : Brigit; Bailegangaire; A Thief of a Christmas","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mommo Plays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tom Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrigit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'd like it to be perfect . . . Beautiful . . . The statue . . . Unbeatable? . . . I'd like it to be what I feel . . . And I don't know what that is.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the 1950s, \u003ci\u003eBrigit\u003c\/i\u003e, a prequel to Murphy's critically-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBailegangaire \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), tells the story of Mommo and Séamus, grandparents living on the breadline, who are raising three grandchildren: Mary, Dolly and Tom, when Séamus is offered a job to carve a statue of St Brigit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrigit \u003c\/i\u003epremiered in September 2014, in a production by Druid Theatre Company, Galway, Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBailegangaire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the finest and most inventive pieces  of Irish dramatic writing ever - the power of its language soaring  beyond the loftiest aspirations of Synge and its insights on the human  spirit cutting deeper than O'Casey's' \u003ci\u003e- Sunday Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Thief of a Christmas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Grand opera . . . both timeless and contemporary' - Fintan O'Toole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474218108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596702691534,"sku":"9781474218108","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_254e7f20-161c-4197-b2bb-ab90d955d5d1.jpg?v=1637864609","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474218108","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}