{"product_id":"enda-walsh-plays-volume-two","title":"Enda Walsh Plays: Volume Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Enda Walsh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright. This volume of remarkable plays charts the development of one of the most strikingly original playwrights in contemporary theatre. It collects together four full-length plays - three of which were produced by Galway's Druid Theatre Company, three of which were performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and two of which transferred to London's National Theatre - along with two fascinating short plays and a Foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Walworth Farce (2006) is a madcap yet tender play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New Electric Ballroom (2008) is a dark, glitter-dusted fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life. In a savage and riveting take on the classic Greek myth of Odysseus's wife,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenelope (2010) sees four ridiculous men facing their inevitable deaths, and playing for an unwinnable love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBallyturk (2014) saw Walsh reuniting with actor Cillian Murphy after Disco Pigs and Misterman for a jaw-droppingly physical play in which the lives of two men unravel over the course of ninety minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume are two short plays, My Friend Duplicity (2010), which went on to inspire Ballyturk, and Room 303 (2011). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31703286939720,"sku":"9781848424227","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/9781848424227.jpg?v=1721128082","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/enda-walsh-plays-volume-two","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}