Shining City
has been an unqualified critical success and quite possibly Conor McPherson’s finest work. In Dublin, a man seeks help from a counselor, claiming to have seen the ghost of his recently deceased wife. But what begins as just an unusual encounter becomes a struggle between the living and dead—a struggle that will shape and define both men for the rest of their lives.
Also included here is the one-act,
Come on Over
, about a Jesuit priest sent to investigate a “miracle” in his hometown, where he re-encounters the woman who loved him 30 years before.
Conor McPherson
was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he still lives. His plays include
This Lime Tree Bower
,
St. Nicholas
The Weir
Port Authority
and
Dublin Carol
.