OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  David Fennelly 

• Setting

  A dingy flat in present day Dublin (2013).

• Notes

  Originally presented as a work in progress as part of the Collaborations festival 2013.

  Supported by Fishamble's New Play Clinic.

• Synopsis

  Set in a dingy flat in present-day Dublin, a smell of mouldy bread and crusty clothes wafts its way through the nose of poor Larry's inner thoughts. Desperately passive, Larry unintentionally shines a scorching and painful spotlight on the modern-day 'typical Irish Man', this sorely resonates with our famous and historic Irish male psyche. Greeting his dole officer, Eldridge, in his dressing gown - he is unemployed, heartbroken and hung-over. In truth, he is paralysed by our national pastime and excuse for everything - drink.

  With the exception of his drinking buddies, he is friendless. Today he sees his world collapsing around him through the fresh eyes of Eldridge, the first person to actually listen to him, and is faced with the reality that everything is not 'grand' and if he does want things to work out he needs to wake up and take life by the balls.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  03 December 2013

• Production Notes

  Produced by Lisa Fox.

• Producer

• Original Venue

  Smock Alley Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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