‘A piece of poetic realism steeped in the past… Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic and the real.’ Guardian’A great play… a great work of poetry…
the word should soon carry across both sides of the Atlantic.’ IndependentBy the Bog of Cats premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1998. It was revived at Wyndham’s Theatre, London, in November 2004.d.