by James Joyce · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571302123
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«The Dead» is the play by James Joyce dramatized by Frank McGuinness, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (112 pages, in English).
The action takes place in Dublin in 1904 during the annual dinner of the Morkan sisters, on the last night of the Christmas festivities. Gretta and Gabriel Conroy share the evening with family and friends, amid music, dancing and toasts; what seems like a festive night leads Gabriel to an intimate revelation that transforms his view of his marriage and his life.
The play is Frank McGuinness's dramatization of James Joyce's short story of the same name, included in Dubliners. It premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in December 2012.
It is a read for those interested in James Joyce, in theatrical adaptations of classics and in contemporary Irish drama.
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.
