The idea is inspired and the treatment piercingly beautiful .
He released his thirty-ninth studio album, Triplicate , in April 2017, and continues to tour worldwide..
Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
Bob Dylan , born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941, is one of the most important songwriters of our time.
His best-known works include The Weir (Royal Court; winner of the 1999 Olivier Award for Best New Play), Dublin Carol (Atlantic Theater Company) and The Seafarer (National Theatre).
Conor McPherson is an award-winning Irish playwright.
It premiered at the Old Vic, London, in July 2017, in a production directed by the author.
In Girl from the North Country , Conor McPherson beautifully weaves the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan into a show full of hope, heartbreak and soul. . .
So when a preacher selling bibles and a boxer looking for a comeback turn up in the middle of the night, things spiral beyond the point of no return .
The owner, Nick, owes more money than he can ever repay, his wife Elizabeth is losing her mind, and their daughter Marianne is carrying a child no one will account for.
Lost and lonely people huddle together in the local guesthouse.
A community living on a knife-edge. 1934. -- Telegraph Duluth, Minnesota. -- Evening Standard A populous, otherworldly play that combines the hard grit of the Great Depression with something numinous and mysterious.
A very special piece of theatre. -- Guardian Beguiling and soulful and quietly, exquisitely, heartbreaking.
It is the constant dialogue between the drama and the songs that makes this show exceptional. . . -- Independent Bob Dylan\'s back catalogue is used to glorious effect in Conor McPherson\'s astonishing cross-section of hope and stoic suffering .
Two formidable artists have shown respect for the integrity of each other\'s work here and the result is magnificent. . .
The idea is inspired and the treatment piercingly beautiful
