Published here for the first time, Maura Laverty's plays Liffey Lane, Tolka Row and A Tree in the Crescent form a lively and moving trilogy about Dublin in the 1950s- its housing crises, its class divisions, and its family struggles for a secure future.
Maura Laverty's three plays, published here for the first time, create a vivid and moving picture of 1950s Dublin, the city's housing crises, class divisions and family struggles. They are an important and refreshing addition to the Irish theatrical canon, and retain their appeal to contemporary readers and researchers.
