- This Lime Tree Bower
This Lime Tree Bower is an early play by
Conor McPherson . The title is taken from the poem of the same name bySamuel Taylor Coleridge . Originally produced and directed at theCrypt Theatre Dublin by theauthor himself, it later transferred to theBush Theatre London . Conor McPherson has wonEvening Standard Award for ‘Most PromisingPlaywright ’ 1997Outer Critics Circle Award for ‘Best New Play’ 1998-1999Olivier Award for ‘Best New Play’1999 . The play is an account of coming of age in small townIreland , told by three young men. The central characters are Joe, the youngest, who is bored with school and looking for adventure. His brother Frank is working full time in the family chipper hatches “his great plan” to solve all the family’s troubles. Lastly, their friend Ray the debauched university lecturer who is dating their sister Carmel. [citenews|title=Three Men in a Rut Enliven 'Lime Tree'|publisher=Washington Post |date=February 16, 2006|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502340.html]Conor McPherson turned this play into a
movie calledSaltwater which he also directed. Thefilm starredBrian Cox and was shot inDublin .References
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