OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Ailís Ní Ríain 

• Synopsis

  A sister searches her brothers for empathy and answers to her family's self destruction. All three are trapped for ever in an obsessive need to remember and relive their treatment at the hands of a sadistic, brutalising father and of a mother overendowed with forbearance.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  2

• Cast Size Female

  1

• Cast Notes

  In the original production the male part Eanna was played by a female actor.

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  17 April 2007

• Production Notes

  Co-Produced by New Works Company, Liverpool.

• Producer

  Produced by Granary Productions

• Original Venue

• Venue Notes

  First produced at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Produced at the Granary Theatre, Cork 24th April 2007. Also produced under the title 'Beaten' at the Granary Theatre in September 2008.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the published playscript and other printed sources.