OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Paddy Scully  David Rudkin 

• Author Notes

  Adapted by Paddy Scully from David Rudkin's original radio play.

• Synopsis

  Roger Casement's remains (or what purported to be Casement's remains) were exhumed from their previous location in a British prison and returned to Ireland in 1965 where they were granted a state funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery, instead of Casement's beloved Murlough Bay in Co. Antrim. The play focusses on the living Casement as he wrote his famous diaries and on the personification of his disembodied bones, and grapples with his ultimate dilemma, the divisions of identity between Ulsterman and Irishman, English Man and Irishman.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  16

• Cast Size Female

  9

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  04 September 1976

• Producer

  Produced by Project Arts Centre

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from contemporary press cuttings.