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Ben Jonson: A Life – The Greatest Of Shakespeare’s Contemporaries by Ian Donaldson

On January 21, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. His fame rests not only on the numerous plays he had written, but on his achievements over three decades as principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, where he had worked in creative, if at times stormy, collaboration with Inigo Jones. One of the most accomplished poets of the age, he was–in fact if not in title–the first Poet Laureate in England.

Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein by Julie Salamon

On August 17, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Editor

In Wendy and the Lost Boys bestselling author Julie Salamon explores the life of playwright Wendy Wasserstein’s most expertly crafted character: herself. The first woman playwright to win a Tony Award, Wendy Wasserstein was a Broadway titan. But with her high- pitched giggle and unkempt curls, she projected an image of warmth and familiarity.

Ghost Light – A Novel by Joseph O'Connor

On February 5, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

In 1950s London, a drunken, broken-down old woman recalls her passionate love affair with a gifted playwright. O’Connor fictionalizes the real-life relationship between promising young actress Molly Allgood and tortured playwright J.M. Synge, author of The Playboy of the Western World. When 18-year-old Molly joins the celebrated Abbey Theater ensemble in 1907, she quickly becomes enamored of the extremely talented but emotionally remote Synge.

All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays by David Ives

On December 24, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language — and of the audience’s capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives’s characters plunge into black holes called “Philadelphias,” where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet. And a con man peddles courses in a dubious language in which “hello” translates as “velcro” and “fraud” comes out as “freud.”

The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw by Jay R. Tunney

On September 22, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Gene Tunney, the world heavyweight-boxing champion from 1926 to 1928, seemed an unusual companion for George Bernard Shaw, but Shaw, a world-famous playwright, found the Irish-American athlete to be “among the very few for whom I have established a warm affection.” The Prizefighter and the Playwright chronicles the legendary — but rarely documented — relationship that formed between this celebrated odd couple.

Sigerson Clifford – The Boys Of Barr Na Sraide

On May 26, 2010, in Irish Songbook, Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

The song is based on a poem by Sigerson Clifford, who was born in Cahersiveen, and it tells the story of the boys of Barr Na Sraide – Top Street – who hunted for the wren.

Sigerson Clifford – Photographs

On May 26, 2010, in Sigerson Clifford, by Editor

These are photos I found on the Internet, all related to Sigerson Clifford, none of them appeared to be copyrighted.

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