Woman and Scarecrow

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A woman - gaunt and ill, haggard after giving birth eight times - faces death. What was life What was love What else could have been Full of mordant, bitter humour, this is a passionate threnody from one of Ireland's leading playwrights. Woman and Scarecrow premieres at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2006.

Author Bio

Marina Carr (b. 1964) was raised in County Offaly. She graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in English and Philosophy. Carr has written eight plays to date. She has been Writer-in-Residence at the Abbey Theatre and Trinity College, Dublin, and is a member of Aosd na. She has won many awards for her work including, the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.