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Frank McGuinness: Plays One: The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster, Marching Towards the Somme, Innocence, Carthaginians, Baglady (Faber Contemporary Classics)

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In "Plays One," all of Frank McGuinness' major plays are offered in their entirity, edited by the playwright himself. Compared to legendary Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, McGuinness' plays are simutaneously striking and complex, and inspire tremendous reflection within the reader. With the exception of the rather simple "Factory Girls," the remainder of McGuinness' plays included in "Plays One" are filled with layer after layer of substance, likely to inspire even the most simple and passive of readers to consider the playwrights many feasible intentions. Whether one is a scholar of Irish Literature or not, it is unlikely that anyone could be disappointed with McGuinness plays. In "Plays One," Frank McGuinness proves that the comparisons to O'Casey are not unwarranted.