The Steward Of Christendom
(Paperback, New edition)
Publishing Details
The Steward Of Christendom
By (Author) Sebastian Barry
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
1st August 2006
New edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
822.914
Winner of Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize 1996
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 127mm, Height 203mm, Spine 5mm
116g
Description
The play that established Barry as one of Ireland's most powerful contemporary playwrights
Thomas Dunne, ex-chief superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan police looks back on his career built during the latter years of Queen Victoria's empire, from his home in Baltinglass in Dublin in 1932. Like King Lear, Dunne tries valiantly to break free of history and himself. The Steward of Christendom took London by storm when it premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in March 1995 with Donal McCann in the title role. It transferred to Broadway and has toured around the world.
"Sebastian Barry's beautiful and devastating memory play...will stay with us for many years." (New York Times)
Reviews
"Sebastian Barry's beautiful and devastating memory play...will stay with us for many years." --The New York Times
Author Bio
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. he was elected to Aoisdna in 1989 and was Ansbacher Writer-in-Residence at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1990. His plays include The Pentagonal Dream (Damer Theatre, Dublin, 1986); Boss Grady's Boys (Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin, 1988), which won the first BBC/Stewart Parker Award; Prayers of Sherkin (Abbey Theatre, Peacock stage, Dublin, 1990); White Woman Street (Bush Theatre, London, 1992); The Steward of Christendom (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1995), which won numerous awards including the Writers' Guild Award for Best Fringe Play of 1995, the London Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play, Lloyds' Private Banking Playwright of the Year Award and was nominated for an Olivier Award; and The Only True History of Lizzie Finn (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1995). More recent plays include Our Lady of Sligo (1998); Hinterland (2002); Whistling Psyche (2004); Fred and Jane (2004); The Pride of Parnell Street (2008); Dallas Sweetman (2008); Tales of Ballycumber (2009); and Andersen's English (2010). He has also published several works of poetry and fiction.
