Colm Tóibín in line for a ‘Tony’ for Shaw play

Irish author Colm Tóibín has been nominated for a Tony Award, one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for theatre.

The critically acclaimed Broadway production of a dramatisation of his novella, The Testament of Mary, has been nominated for best play. The one-woman show stars Cork actor Fiona Shaw as the mother of Jesus, telling the story of her son’s crucifixion.