A thief of a Christmas / Tom Murphy.
| Author/creator | Murphy, Thomas, 1935- author. |
| Other author | Murphy, Thomas, 1935- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London : Bloomsbury, [2013] |
| Copyright Date | ©2013 |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Drama online |
| Summary | It will be a lean Christmas now that the villagers have failed to sell their wares at the market in the town. Glum, they gather in John Mahony's shop-cum-pub to sing songs, drink a little and worry for the season ahead. Among them is Costello, a gregarious man, full of laughter, who has seen the world perhaps a little more than the others and knows how to hold their attention. When a stranger and his wife enter the inn, a peculiar challenge emerges: that he, the stranger, is a better laugher than Costello. Betting begins on this uncanny contest, with stakes so high it becomes a matter of life or death for Costello, for the stranger, and for Mahony in whose house they convive. 'A Thief of a Christmas' was first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in December 1985. |
| General note | Previously issued in print: in Plays two. London: Methuen Drama, 1997. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 23, 2013). |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9781408182857.00000013 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |