Bookworms, by playwright Bernard Farrell, was first performed in the
Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in February 2012.Bookworms is centred around an
all-female book club and their decision to allow men join them for the
first time, with husbands invited in.Their daily lives spill over into
the book discussions. where suspicions are roused and tempers are
frayed. Larry, an out-of-work builder, and Robert, a banker, are
struggling in different ways. Ann is showing off her home and trying to
be the perfect hostess, while Jennifer isn't used to her position as
top-dog being challenged. And poor Dorothy has had a tough time of it
recently, and wants to share her literary opinions with the group. But
it's becoming increasingly clear that books are the last things on
anybody's mind during this explosive evening!Farrell is an incredibly
accomplished writer. He's won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, The
Sunday Tribune Comedy of the Year Award, the Best Irish Production Award
in the 1996 Dublin Theatre Festival and, in 1998, Kevin's Bed was
nominated as best Irish Play in the Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards.He is
a member of Aosdána, was Writer-in-Association with the Abbey Theatre
and from 1997 to 2004, served on the Board of Directors of the Abbey
Theatre and this is his twenty first stage play, his eleventh to debut
on the Abbey stage.
