{"product_id":"9781474228916","title":"Underneath","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eUnderneath\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePat Kinevane\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's mad that ye're here with me. In Cobh. I always felt like I was born on the brink of the world. That I was near death, always. And here I am! Hereafter. This place of slower motion. But whipping energy.  Back Home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman lies dead in her grave in the Tumbledown cemetery, Cobh, County Cork. It's a recent relocation; only two weeks before she was living in a flat near Croke Park in Dublin, beneath two East European prostitutes who she had begun to be friendly with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her last resting place, she tells the story of her life: her happy childhood and the mother who loved Cleopatra; being struck by lightning and then missing school for a year; her night shifts in hotels washing and mending laundry; up to her ultimate and untimely demise in a north Dublin flat; all via a series of unlikely encounters and heartbreaking betrayals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in Pat Kinevane's signature style, \u003ci\u003eUnderneath \u003c\/i\u003eis a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderneath \u003c\/i\u003ewas published to coincide with the play's first production by Fishamble theatre company in December 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Kinevane\u003c\/b\u003e is a native of Cobh, County Cork. He has worked as  an actor in Dublin for Dublin for many years, performing with most of  Ireland's leading companies including Team, The Abbey, Druid, The  Gaiety, Passion Machine and Fishamble. His first play, \u003ci\u003eThe Nun's Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Stewart Parker Trust\/BBC Award in 1999. His subsequent plays \u003ci\u003eSilent \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eForgotten \u003c\/i\u003ehave successfully toured internationally for years, entertaining rapt audiences and gaining critical acclaim wherever they go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 December 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474228916\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332041867404,"sku":"9781474228916","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a7ef18aa-0601-44ae-b1ec-1bda026355df.jpg?v=1783601174","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474228916","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}