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Imeachtaí na Saoirse

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Antoine Ó Flatharta 

  • Setting

    I gConamara an lae inniu (1986).

  • Synopsis

    Kevin and Nina are a hippy couple who are now in their thirties and who decide to settle down in the Gaeltacht making leather goods for the co-op. But local politics and Gaeltacht politics soon cause problems for them, particularily in the person of Eddie Clarke, the manager of the co-op, who has aspirations to be elected to the Dáil.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    5

  • Cast Size Female

    2

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    27 September 1983

  • Production Notes

    Léirigh Amharclann na Mainistreach an dráma seo le linn Fhéile Amharclainne Bhaile Átha Cliath.
  • Producer

    Produced by Dublin Theatre Festival

  • Original Venue

    Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

  • Venue Notes

    In Amharclann na Péacóige a léiríodh an dráma seo.

  • Irish Premiere Notes

    Ba le linn Fhéile Amharclainne Bhaile Átha Cliath a rinneadh an chéad léiriú air.

Original Cast  
Nina Joan Sheehy
Dáibhí Jonathan White
Eddie Clarke Peadar Lamb
Helen Máire Ní Ghráinne
Uli Wohlauer Geoff Golden
Kevin Macdara Ó Fátharta
Production Team  
Director Ray Yeates

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Imeachtaí na Saoirse

  • Year

    1986

  • Published By

    Cló Iar-Chonnachta

  • Address

    Cló Iar-Chonnachta
    Indreabhán, Conamara
    Co na Gaillimhe
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    353 91 593 307

  • Website

    www.cic.ie

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Antoine Ó Flatharta

  • Address

    Republic of Ireland

  • Email

    Tonyofla@gmail.com

Source Of Information

Ó ghearrthóga nuachta agus ón leabhar foilsithe a fuarthas an t-eolas seo.