In the same spirit as his novels, O’Brien’s plays are speculative, inventive, wickedly funny, and a delightful addition to his collected works—now available at last: this volume collects Flann O’Brien’s dramatic work into a single volume, including
Thirst,
Faustus Kelly, and
The Insect Play: A Rhapsody on Saint Stephen’s Green. It also includes several plays and teleplays that have never before seen print, including
The Dead Spit of Kelly (of which a film version is in production by Michael Garland),
The Boy from Ballytearim, and
An Scian (only recently discovered), as well as teleplays from the RTÉ series
O’Dea’s Your Man and
Th’ Oul Lad of Kilsalaher.