Conversations After Sex and Trade
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Conversations After Sex and Trade
By (Author) Mark O'Halloran
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
23rd March 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
136
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Description
Multiple award-winning Mark OHalloran is one of Irelands most celebrated writers. Two play spanning 12 years of work come together in one published edition to coincide with the New York premiere in January 2023. CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX You remind me of someone though. I mean youre not like him. Not physically like him. Nowhere near. But theres something there. Your voice or how you hold yourself. Your hands. In a series of unexpected and unguarded conversations after anonymous sexual encounters, a woman discovered men with the same deep need to communicate and connect in the lonely, atomised city. A portrayal of grief that is unforgettable in its rawness The Guardian TRADE This is just this. It isnt real. Its money. In a guesthouse in Dublins north inner city, a vulnerable and confused young rent-boy sits with a middle-aged client. Its not the first time theyve met but today the older man has blood on his shirt. A lot has happened since they last met. It closes around your heart like a fist The Irish Times
Reviews
Five stars for Mark OHallorans extraordinary new playKate Stanley Brennan is sublime. * Irish Times *
At all times Conversations After Sex is a marvellous piece of theatre, beautifully directed, with a cast to die for. Not to be missed. * Arts Review *
A portrayal of grief that is unforgettable in its rawness * Guardian *
A powerful portrayal of the rawness of grief * Sunday Times *
Author Bio
Mark OHalloran is one of Ireland's leading actors and writers. His screenplays include Adam & Paul and Garage. He has also written a television series, Prosperity. Plays include The Head of Red OBrien and Mary Motorhead. Trade, which premiered at the 2011 Dublin International Theatre Festival, won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Play of 2011 as well as the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Zebbie award for best new play. Mark has been nominated for numerous other awards, including a European Film Award for the screenplay of Adam & Paul, Irish Film and Television Awards where he won for both best screenplay and best TV writer 2007. He also won the London Evening Standard award for Best Screenplay in 2005.
