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An Mhuir

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Seán Tóibín 

  • Adapted / Translated From

    John Millington (J.M.) Synge 

  • Author Notes

    Aistrithe ó "Riders to the Sea" (1904)

  • Setting

    Oileán mara, iarthar na h-Éireann.

  • Synopsis

    After nine days of constant grieving for her missing son, Michael, who, she feels certain, has been drowned, Maurya has fallen into a fitful sleep. Her daughter, Cathleen, is busy with household tasks, when another daughter, Nora, slips quietly into the kitchen with a bundle given her by the young priest. It contains part of the clothes taken from the body of a drowned man far in the north. They have been sent to Maurya's cottage with a view to possible identification.

  • Play Type

    Adaptation/Translation

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  

PUBLISHED SCRIPTS

  • Title

    Cluichíní Ón Iasacht

  • Year

    1920

  • Published By

    Conradh na Gaeilge

  • Address

    Republic of Ireland

TRANSLATIONS

  • Published in Irish as

  • Title

    An Mhuir

  • Year

    1920

  • Published By

    Dollard

  • Address

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

RIGHTS INFORMATION

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION