Christopher P.H. Murphy, 1869-1939

What do Babes in Arms, Beau Geste, Gunga Din, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Only Angels Have Wings, and Young Mr. Lincoln all have in common? They are all classic films released in ...

Irish theatre since 1960 has been dominated by the work of major playwrights, above all Brian Friel and Tom Murphy. The changing social context of Ireland in the early 1960s out of...

O primeiro longa-metragem de Pat Murphy acompanha as consequências do retorno de uma jovem a Belfast, sua cidade natal, na década de 1970. “Maeve” expõe o patriarcado do Estado bri...

During the same years that Brian Friel was associated with Field Day, Tom Murphy began working closely with the Galway-based Druid Theatre company. In its early years, Druid had es...

In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in...

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1...