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Bedbound

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Enda Walsh 

  • Synopsis

    A Father and a Daughter share a small bed. He talks frantically about his extraordinary past in furniture sales; she talks no less compulsively about anything at all, to fill the terrible silence in her head. Everything is frantic and broken and ugly because they can't stop talking. If only they could stop and sleep.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    1

  • Cast Size Female

    1

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Daughter Norma Sheahan
Dad Peter Gowen
Production Team  
Director Enda Walsh
Designer Fiona Cunningham
Producer Fergus Linehan (2)
Lighting Designer John Gallagher
Sound Bell Helicopter
Stage Manager Claire Burkitt

PUBLISHED SCRIPTS

TRANSLATIONS

  • Published in Polish as

  • Title

    Tradycjnie - w opozycji: antologia mlodego dramatu irlandzkiego

  • Year

    2007

  • Published By

    Agencja Dramatu i Teatru

  • Address

    ul. Grójecka 186/124
    Warszawa, 02-390
    Poland

  • Email

    agencja.adit@qdnet.pl

  • Website

    www.adit.art.pl/

  • ISBN

    9788360699027

RIGHTS INFORMATION

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the published script and the 2000 Dublin Theatre Festival programme.