%0 Journal Article %A Kealy, Una %D 2013 %F witeprints:2937 %J Irish Theatre Magazine %T Perfidia %U http://repository.wit.ie/2937/ %X Perfidia dramatises how the reckless economic and social policies of recent decades in Ireland have equated to a treacherous betrayal of Irish citizens leaving them vulnerable and forsaken. In the play’s title Jimmy Murphy has renamed Ireland and created a play that is bleak and uncompromising in its portrayal of modern Irish society.