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Tea and Sex and Shakespeare

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Thomas Kilroy 

  • Setting

    Mrs. O's House somewhere in Dublin.

  • Synopsis

    Tea and Sex and Shakespeare is a comedy of near despair concerning the peculiar loneliness of a writer whose imagination has turned upon him. Instead of serving his work, Brien's imagination starts to produce creatures out of the woodwork and nightmares out of Shakespeare. Suddenly the playwrights finds himself in his own play, a fantastic farce where the borderline between what is real and what is imagined dissolves, walls open up, and an old wardrobe becomes a magical box.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    3

  • Cast Size Female

    4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Brien Donal McCann
Sylvester Kevin McHugh
Deirdre Angela Harding
Mummy Kathleen Barrington
Mrs. O May Cluskey
Elmina Aideen O'Kelly
Daddy Desmond Perry
Production Team  
Director Max Stafford Clark
Designer Bronwen Casson
Lighting Designer Tony Wakefield
Sound Nuala Golden
Director's Assistant Bill Hay
Design Assistant Frank Conway
Production Manager Brian Collins
Stage Director Rhona Woodcock
Stage Manager Tommy Woods
Assistant Stage Manager Bríd Ní Neachtain
Props Master Ciara Draper
Props Assistant Sharon O'Doherty
Set Construction Jimmy Curham
Set Construction Johnny Alcock
Scenic Artist Frank Conway
Scenic Artist Brigid Timmons
Wardrobe Lily Norton
Wardrobe Anne Cave
Wardrobe Deirdre MacMahon

PUBLISHED SCRIPTS

TRANSLATIONS

RIGHTS INFORMATION

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd

  • Address

    Paddock Suite, The Courtyard
    55 Charterhouse Street
    London EC1M 6HA
    England

  • Phone

    + 44 (0)20 7253 6226

  • Email

    abr@alanbrodie.com

  • Website

    www.alanbrodie.com

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.