Words of Advice for Young People

Title: Words of Advice for Young People
Author: Anderson, Ioanna
Price: $21.99

Children's writer Harry Golden won fame and fortune with his creation, 'Colin the Rabbit'. Then he went missing five years ago during a cliff walk near the family's country home in the north-west of Ireland. The cause of death was never confirmed. Five years later his remains are discovered, and his two troubled daughters must come to terms with the fact that they are now the grown-ups. Along with a motley crew of husbands, boyfriends, the undertaker and the ghost of the undertaker's wife, they are faced with the challenge of burying him with dignity in a country that has turned its back on religion but failed to replace it with any meaningful alternative. \"One day we'll be old. We'll watch TV all day and we won't understand the currency. We'll forget what we had for lunch...but we'll remember this\" Words of Advice for Young People is premiered in Dublin by the respected Irish theatre company, Rough Magic, who developed the play through their new writing programme.

Author Biography: Ioanna Anderson, originally from Edinburgh, is now resident in Dublin. A graduate of Trinity College, she is a founder-member of Greenlight Productions, who produced her first two plays, Describe Joe (seen at the Dublin Fringe 2000) and Why I Hate the Circus (Civic Theatre, Tallaght, 2001). She is currently working on new plays for the Abbey Theatre, Calipo Theatre Company and the Traverse, Edinburgh.

Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication date: 27/02/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781854597984
Publishing status: Last copy archived