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Elizabeth Kuti
Adapted from Paul Smith's novel The Countrywoman, first published in 1961.
The play is set between 1918 and 1930 in the Dublin tenement room of Molly Baines and her family; in the lane where they live; and at various other locations.
Molly Baines is trying to raise a family in the worst tenement slums in the Western World, against all the odds of poverty, war and deprivation, and she is making quite a success of it. Then one day her missing husband comes home from the First World War and her life and the lives of her children are plunged into turmoil.
Adaptation/Translation
Full-Length
9
19
Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details. In the original production in addition to the specified characters various other parts are played by the ensemble.
26 September 2000
Produced by Upstate Theatre Project
Droichead Arts Centre
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