Tom Murphy obituary
Irish playwright who raged against 'Christian fascism' and explored the themes of emigration and identity in his workWhen Tom Murphy's first major play, A Whistle in the Dark (1961), was rejected by the Abbey theatre, Dublin, on the grounds that its characters were unreal, he took it to London, where it enjoyed spectacular if controversial success, first at the Theatre Royal Stratford, and then in the West End. Portr…