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   The Ferryman is set in Northern Ireland in 1981, during the height of the Troubles. Quinn, a former terrorist, has swapped his career with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) for a life on the farm in rural Armagh. He now lives with his sickly wife, their children, his sister-in-law and nephew.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Ferryman_(play)The Ferryman (play) - Wikipedia

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   The Ferryman is a 2017 play by Jez Butterworth. Set during The Troubles , it tells the story of the family of a former IRA volunteer, living in their farmhouse in rural County Armagh , Northern Ireland in 1981.

4. stageagent.com › shows › playThe Ferryman (Play) Context & Analysis - StageAgent

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   Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman was inspired by those referred to as the ‘Disappeared’, or the people who were believed to have been abducted and secretly murdered, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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   Dec 8, 2018 · In the latest Broadway play by Jez Butterworth, the body of a man who was violently "disappeared" 10 years ago has been found in a bog. It augurs bad things for the dead man's family.

6. www.popmatters.com › ferryman-jez-butterworth’The Ferryman’: Ephemeral Ideas, Eternal Tragedies

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   Dec 15, 2017 · Jez Butterworth, aptly described by the Guardian as a “visionary fast becoming a theatrical great“, has scored another triumph with The Ferryman, a mesmerizing, all-encompassing, three-and-a...

7. www.timeout.com › london › theatreJez Butterworth on ‘The Ferryman’: ‘Tragedies end with blood ...

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   The genius behind ‘The Ferryman’ talks tragedy, writing James Bond – and the possible return of his epochal hit play ‘Jerusalem’.

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   Why did Jez Butterworth write the ferryman?

   • Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman was inspired by those referred to as the ‘Disappeared’, or the people who were believed to have been abducted and secretly murdered, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The play premiered in April 2017 at London’s Royal Court Theatre and became the fastest-selling play in the theatre’s history.

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   Did Jez Butterworth's 'the ferryman' sell out in one day?

   • The Ferryman, Royal Court, London, review: It sold out in one day. All the fuss was largely justified Jez Butterworth's mainstage follow-up to his 2009 smash-hit play Jerusalem set a new box-office record when tickets for this Sloane Square run sold out in one day last November.

   The Ferryman, Royal Court, London, review: It sold out in one day. All

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   Did Jez Butterworth find a dead man in a bog?

   • In the latest Broadway play by Jez Butterworth, the body of a man who was violently "disappeared" 10 years ago has been found in a bog. It augurs bad things for the dead man's family.

   Northern Ireland's Troubled Past Surfaces In Family Drama 'The Ferryman

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   Who is Jez Butterworth?

   • Jez Butterworth, aptly described by the Guardian as a “ visionary fast becoming a theatrical great “, has scored another triumph with The Ferryman, a mesmerizing, all-encompassing, three-and-a-half-hour-long epic meditation on the passage of time, the fickleness of idea (l)s, and the catastrophe of living with loss and uncertainty.

   ’The Ferryman’: Ephemeral Ideas, Eternal Tragedies - PopMatters

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   What is Jez Butterworth's new hit 'Vanishing' about?

   • Staggeringly multi-layered, dangerously fast-paced and rich in characterizations, dialogue and context, Jez Butterworth's new hit about a family during the time of Ireland's the Troubles leaves the audience breathless, sweaty and tearful, in a nightmarish, dry-heaving haze. “Vanishing. It’s a powerful word, that”

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   Where does the ferryman start?

   • The Ferryman starts in a graffiti-covered back alley in Derry, Northern Ireland. A parish priest is questioned by an IRA captain — the body of a man who disappeared 10 years ago has been found in a bog. The scene then shifts to the dead man's family and their farm.

   Northern Ireland's Troubled Past Surfaces In Family Drama 'The Ferryman

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9. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › theatreThe Ferryman, Royal Court, London, review: It sold out in one ...

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   May 8, 2017 · Jez Butterworth’s new work ‘The Ferryman’, directed by Sam Mendes, is the fastest-selling play in Royal Court history.