A year after his death, playwright Tom Murphy is being celebrated by actors keen to share their experience of working on his plays. His widow, actor Jane Brennan, talks about life with – and without – Murphy
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This reprisal of Tom Murphy’s meticulous play is the Abbey’s best show in years
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