In the same spirit as his novels, O'Brien's plays are speculative, inventive, wickedly funny, and a delightful addition to his collected works—now available at last: this volume collects Flann O'Brien's dramatic work into a single volume, including _Thirst_, _Faustus Kelly_, and _The Insect Play: A Rhapsody on Saint Stephen's Green_. It also includes several plays and teleplays that have never before seen print, including _The Dead Spit of Kelly_ (of which a film version is in production by Michael Garland), _The Boy from Ballytearim_, and _An Scian_ (only recently discovered), as well as teleplays from the RTÉ series _O'Dea's Your Man_ and _Th' Oul Lad of Kilsalaher_.