Frank McGuinness Knihy

Moliere's exuberant seventeenth-century classic is brought back to life in an audacious contemporary Irish version by Frank McGuinness. Tartuffe premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in March 2023.

I am honoured to meet you. You are, as they say, a man after my own heart. And you have lifted mine. My heart, that is. I owe you for this kindness - that gift. Thank you. You are crying into your soup, sir. Two men, together, on the edge of heaven.

Frank McGuinness offers fresh adaptations of two plays by August Strindberg, showcasing his talent in reinterpreting both a significant piece and a lesser-known work. These new versions aim to capture the essence of Strindberg's themes and characters, bringing renewed life to his dramatic narratives.

Now we have a family, a rivalry, a purpose. A writer and his wife sit together in their garden. They are surrounded by a lifetime's work; their home, their gardens and their children. Rachel wants to be congratulated on her pregnancy, Maurice is struggling for his father's acceptance and Charlie needs his sacrifices to be acknowledged. A crisis has drawn this family together but their honesty may pull them apart. The Hanging Gardens by Frank McGuinness premiered at the Abbey Theatre in October 2013 as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

They sing and argue, they broach dangerous ground, their profound love apparent despite themselves, until the visiting hour is up. Written during the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020, Frank McGuinness's The Visiting Hour premiered in April 2021 at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in the first online Gate At Home production.

The World War intensifies in Europe. In Zurich a writer breathes his last imagining his life till now from his childhood in Dublin. The voices of his family circling him - wife, son, daughter. And James Joyce has saved for them one last story to delight and defy them: The Woodcutter And His Children ...