Made in China
Will be published approx. on 13. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-627-7 (ISBN)
Description
A blackly comic drama set in a crazed, completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, full of martial arts, rogue cops and savage low-lifes. From the award-winning writer of Howie the Rookie.
Paddy's weapons of choice are baseball bats and fists. Kilby (who imagines himself as something of an artist) prefers the skill of karate, which he practises on Hughie - who just wants to break the pins of the guy who put the one-legged palmist in hospital...
A dreadful accident sets in motion a violent tug-of-war between two criminal footsoldiers over the loyalty of the third. Self-loathing, guilt and loneliness emerge in this frenzied narrative, culminating in a blistering battle for survival.
Mark O'Rowe's play Made in China was first staged at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2001.
Paddy's weapons of choice are baseball bats and fists. Kilby (who imagines himself as something of an artist) prefers the skill of karate, which he practises on Hughie - who just wants to break the pins of the guy who put the one-legged palmist in hospital...
A dreadful accident sets in motion a violent tug-of-war between two criminal footsoldiers over the loyalty of the third. Self-loathing, guilt and loneliness emerge in this frenzied narrative, culminating in a blistering battle for survival.
Mark O'Rowe's play Made in China was first staged at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2001.
Reviews / Votes
'Pure, exhilaratingly irresponsible theatre' * Guardian *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
113 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-627-7 (9781854596277)
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Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright whose plays include Howie the Rookie (Bush Theatre, London, 1999), From Both Hips (Fishamble, 1997), Made in China (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2001), Crestfall (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 2003), Terminus (Abbey Theatre, 2007), Our Few and Evil Days (Abbey Theatre, 2014), The Approach (Landmark Productions, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2018) and Reunion (Landmark Productions, Galway International Arts Festival, 2024). His version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler was staged by the Abbey Theatre in 2015.
His screenplays include Broken (2012), based on the novel by Daniel Clay, Perrier's Bounty (2009), Boy A (2007), based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, and Intermission (2004).
Author photo by Ros Kavanagh
His screenplays include Broken (2012), based on the novel by Daniel Clay, Perrier's Bounty (2009), Boy A (2007), based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, and Intermission (2004).
Author photo by Ros Kavanagh