Book description
Do you want to know why I'm here? Northern Ireland are playing
Poland on the TV. Jimmy and Ian, two middle-aged Belfast men, are
meeting tonight for the first time. They have a shared past. They need
to talk. A powerful story about violence and forgiveness, Quietly
marks Owen McCafferty's Abbey Theatre debut, as part of the Great
Irish Writers Season, November 2012.
Born in 1961, Owen McCafferty lives with his wife, three
children and granddaughter in Belfast. His work for the stage includes
Shoot the Crow (Druid, Galway, 1997; Royal Exchange, Manchester,
2003), Mojo Mickybo (Kabosh, Belfast, 1998), Closing Time (National
Theatre, London, 2002), Cold Comfort (Primecut Productions, Belfast,
2002), Scenes from the Big Picture (National Theatre, London, 2003),
Days of Wine and Roses (Donmar Warehouse, 2005), a version of
Sophocles' Antigone (Primecut Productions, Belfast, 2008) and The
Absence of Women (Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 2010). He has won the
Meyer-Whitworth, John Whiting and Evening Standard Awards for New Playwriting.
