Mr John B. Keane
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A collection of droll essays about food and drink from the internationally acclaimed author of Sive.
John B. Keane is one of Ireland’s most prolific and respected literary figures. Born in 1928 in Listowel, County Kerry, he spent his literary career running a pub which provided him with inspiration for his characters and ideas.
John B. Keane remains one of Mercier’s, and Ireland’s, best-loved and best-selling authors.
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A collection of droll essays about food and drink from the internationally acclaimed author of Sive. John B. Keane is one of Ireland's most prolific and respected literary figures. Born in 1928 in Listowel, County Kerry, he spent his literary career running a pub which provided him with inspiration for his characters and ideas. His first play, Sive, was presented by the Listowel Drama Group and won the All-Ireland Drama Festival in 1959. It was followed by another success, Sharon's Grave, in 1960. The Field (1965) and Big Maggie (1969), are widely regarded as classics of the modern Irish stage and jewels in a crown which includes such popular hits as Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man from Clare, Moll, The Chastitute and The Year of the Hiker. His large canon of plays have been seen abroad in cities as far afield as Moscow and Los Angeles. Big Maggie ran on Broadway for over two months in 1982 and The Field was adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film, starring Brenda Fricker and Richard Harris, in 1991. John B. Keane remains one of Mercier's, and Ireland's, best-loved and best-selling authors.
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A collection of droll essays about food and drink from the internationally acclaimed author of Sive.
John B. Keane is one of Ireland’s most prolific and respected literary figures. Born in 1928 in Listowel, County Kerry, he spent his literary career running a pub which provided him with inspiration for his characters and ideas.
His first play, Sive, was presented by the Listowel Drama Group and won the All-Ireland Drama Festival in 1959. It was followed by another success, Sharon’s Grave, in 1960. The Field (1965) and Big Maggie (1969), are widely regarded as classics of the modern Irish stage and jewels in a crown which includes such popular hits as Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man from Clare, Moll, The Chastitute and The Year of the Hiker. His large canon of plays have been seen abroad in cities as far afield as Moscow and Los Angeles. Big Maggie ran on Broadway for over two months in 1982 and The Field was adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film, starring Brenda Fricker and Richard Harris, in 1991.
John B. Keane remains one of Mercier’s, and Ireland’s, best-loved and best-selling authors.