by Frank McGuinness · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571146116
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«Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme» is Frank McGuinness's drama, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (72 pp., in English).
In the play, eight men enlist as volunteers in the 36th (Ulster) Division at the start of the First World War. The action culminates on July 1, 1916, at the Battle of the Somme, the anniversary of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne; for Protestant loyalist memory, that sacrifice seals Ulster's loyalty in blood.
This first edition of 1986 belongs to the Faber Plays collection and was awarded the Cheltenham Prize for Literature.
Suitable for students of literature and theatre, as well as readers interested in the history of Ulster in the First World War.
Professor Frank McGuinness is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, he is recognised for a "strong record of adapting literary classics, having translated the plays of Racine, Sophocles, Ibsen, Garcia Lorca, and Strindberg to critical acclaim". He has also published six collections of poetry, and two novels. McGuinness was Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin (UCD) from 2007 to 2018.
