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Brigit

Playwright

Tom Murphy (1)
Setting

1950s, the setting is a traditional, three-roomed, thatched cottage in the west of Ireland and a convent chapel.
Synopsis

Seamus is an odd-job man with ‘a great pair of hands’. He is given ‘a commission’ by the church to carve a statue. His previous work for the church was none too happy. However, he reluctantly accepts the commission and as he works on the statue his obsession with it grows: it comes to involve his family which is on the breadline – his wife, Mommo, and the three grandchildren they’ve inherited.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length
Cast Size Male

3
Cast Size Female

5

Production Team
Director	Garry Hynes
Consulting Producer	Tim Smith
Lighting Designer	Rick Fisher
Production Associate	Craig Flaherty
Costume Assistant	Amanda Donovan
Costume Assistant	Jingyi Zhang
Sound Designer	Gregory Clarke
Movement Director	David Bolger
General Manager	Sarah Lynch
Technical Manager	Barry O'Brien
Production Manager	Eamonn Fox
Stage Manager	Clare Howe
Assistant Stage Manager	Caoimhe Regan
Company Stage Manager	Paula Tierney
Set & Costume Designer	Francis O'Connor
Dramaturg	Thomas Conway
Set Construction	Theatre Production Services (TPS)
Costume Supervisor	Doreen McKenna (1)
Chief Electrician	Shannon Light
Crew	Frank Commins
Publicist	Kate Bowe (Bowe Communications)
Graphic Design	Bite! Associates
Production Photography	Manuel Harlan
Publicity Photography	Amelia Stein
Scenic Printing	Sandra Butler
Make-Up	Val Sherlock
Transport	Trevor Price
Carpenter	Gus Dewar
Casting Director	Maureen Hughes

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