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The Ferryman is a 2017 play by Jez Butterworth. Set during The Troubles , it tells the story of the family of a former IRA volunteer, living in their farmhouse in rural County Armagh , Northern Ireland in 1981.
The Ferryman is a 2023 dystopian fiction novel by Justin Cronin. The protagonist, Proctor Bennett, is a titular "ferryman", responsible for transporting elderly citizens to be reborn. Proctor gradually realizes that his utopian life is not what it seems. The Ferryman is Cronin's first novel since 2016's The City of Mirrors.
Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written six novels: Mary and O'Neil, The Ferryman, and The Summer Guest, as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors.
The Ferryman is a 2007 New Zealand horror film directed by Chris Graham and starring British actor John Rhys-Davies and New Zealand actress Amber Sainsbury. [2]The 1970s style film follows a group of twenty-something's who charter a boat to Fiji for the trip of a lifetime, before stumbling upon an evil that demands vengeance at any cost.
A ferryman is the person who operates a ferry. Ferryman or The Ferryman may also refer to: The Ferryman, an episode of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future; The Ferryman, a 2007 New Zealand film; The Ferryman, a film by Jiajia Zhang; The Ferryman, a 2017 play by Jez Butterworth "The Ferryman" (song), a folk ballad
The Ferryman won the 2017 Evening Standard Award for Best Play, the 2018 Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play, the 2018 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play, and the 2018 Olivier Award for Best New Play. [30] It has played for over 350 performances at the Gielgud Theatre and transferred to Broadway in October 2018.
The Ferryman", also sometimes known as "The Strawberry Beds", [1] is an Irish folk ballad, written by Pete St. John. [ 2 ] Set in modern-day Dublin in Ireland, [ 1 ] as with other works by St. John, "The Ferryman" relates to economic change in the city.
Situated within the wall of what is now a restaurant in London's Bankside on the southern bank of the Thames, is a slab of stone. It is located west of Southwark Bridge near Shakespeare's Globe and marks the last remaining example of the ferryman seats that once dotted Thames's South Bank, an early illustration of London's premier cab rank and also its last.