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An Gé Fiáin

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Séamus Ó Tuama 

  • Adapted / Translated From

    Teresa Deevy

  • Author Notes

    Aistrithe ó 'The Wild Goose'.
  • Setting

    Faoin tuath i ndeisceart na hÉireann, in earrach na bliana 1692.

  • Synopsis

    The fall of Limerick ushered the awful years of the Penal Code when the peasants were viciously oppressed. Máirtín Ó Sé decides to become a priest as a way of fighting back. To do this he must forego the chance of marriage with his sweetheart, Eileen.

  • Play Type

    Adaptation/Translation

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    7

  • Cast Size Female

    3

Original Production

Original Cast  
Stiana de Paor Michael O'Rourke
Máire Caomhánach Mairéad Ní Fhloinn
Saighdiúir Leon Ó Broin
An tAth. Eoin Ó Riain Séamus Ó Tuama
Tadhg Ó Dubhda Barra Ó hUallacháin
Máirtín Ó Sé Annraoi Ó Liatháin
An Captaen de Lása Risteard Stokes
Eibhlín Ní Chonfhaolaidh Róisín Ní Shéaghdha
Siobhán de Paor Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
Saighdiúir Tadhg Ó Seasnáin
Production Team  
Director Séamus Ó Tuama
Stage Manager Ciarán Mac Afraidh
Assistant Stage Manager Doireann Ní Dhonnghusa
Scenery Pádraig Ó Maonaigh

Unpublished Scripts

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ó Stair Dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge 1900-1970 le P Ó Siadhail.