OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Enda Walsh 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Max Porter

• Adapted From Notes

  Adapted from Max Porter's 2016 novella of the same name.

• Setting

  London

• Synopsis

  In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother’s sudden death. Their father, a scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  3

• Cast Size Female

  1

• Cast Notes

  In the original production, three actors alternated the roles of Older Boy and Younger Boy.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 March 2018

• Production Notes

  Produced by Complicité and Wayward Productions in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival. Co-produced with the Barbican, London, Cork Opera House, Edinburgh International Festival, Oxford Playhouse, St. Ann’s Warehouse and Warwick Arts Centre. Supported by Lindsay Badenoch and Brian Carmody.

• Producer

  Produced in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival

• Original Venue

  The Black Box
  

Source Of Information

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