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Sat 11 Nov 2002Murphy's intellect and heartPOETRY: Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the inaugural production of Tom Murphy's first full-length play, A Whistle in the Dark, at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East.To mark the occasion, the Abbey Theatre mounted a six-play Murphy season and Trinity College held a symposium on his work. This slim volume contains the papers presented at that symposium, together with the transcript of a public interview between Murphy and Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington, which was one of the highlights of the Abbey season.