The Beautiful Nun

The Beautiful Nun demonstrates Finnegan's dramatic humanism with a sense of transcendence and mystery amidst the brutal landscapes of politics, religion, betrayal, and violence. Here is a voice compassionate when confronted with complexities, like Chekhov mixed with Marlowe or the Jacobean playwrights. The passion of a serious seeker underlies every word of the play, and a fierce Ulster realism breathes fire into the dialogue and the forensic openness of the play. This is art of great urgency, probing intensity, and crucial vision.