Terminus is a monologue play by Mark O'Rowe

Mark O'Rowe

- Personal Background :Mark O'Rowe was born in 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, to parents Hugh and Patricia O'Rowe. He grew up in Tallaght, a working class suburb just south of Dublin, and he claims that much of the violence in his work stems from watching and rewatching a tremendous amount of violent,...

. Written entirely in rhyme, the play follows three characters (a former schoolteacher, her lonely, estranged daughter, and a serial killer who has sold his soul to the Devil) over the course of a single night in Dublin.

Terminus premiered at the Abbey Theatre

Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904. Despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day...

in Dublin on June 9, 2007, before touring internationally.