Epic play about love, family and Roy Keane Stockport 2004. Peter Holmes' dad is mastering his card tricks. His sons are plotting ways of leaving home. His wife has never looked so tired. And something is about to happen that will change all their lives irrevocably. Set over the course of nine months, On the Shore of the Wide World is a play about love, family, Roy Keane and the size of the galaxy. It is also a play about recovery. Published to tie-in with the play's world premier at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and the National Theatre, in April 2005.