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The Patient Gloria

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  • Drámadóir

    Gina Moxley 

  • Adapted From Notes

    Adapted from the Three Approaches to Psychotherapy, also known as The Gloria Films (1965). 

  • Achoimre

    1964, California. A nine year old girl, Pammy, asks the question, “Mommy, did you ever go to bed with anyone besides daddy?” The child’s mother, Gloria, recently divorced and struggling with her new single status, lies “No, honey.” Gloria later wrote in her diary “What was I supposed to say? Of course, dear. Everyone does? Oh shit.”

    Gloria’s discomfort with her own sexual desire, her trying to be good but wanting to be bad, became central to the 1965 films Three Approaches to Psychotherapy, also known as The Gloria Films. The films were intended for academic purposes but given a cinema and TV release, betraying the privacy of the patient Gloria.

    This is a meditation on female desire in a new political context where misogyny is the winning ticket. Things could get messy. Very messy indeed.

  • Cinéal Dráma

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  • Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

    The original production also featured a chorus of five 'Young Women of Ireland'.

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Performer Gina Moxley
Performer Liv O'Donoghue
Musician Zoe Ní Riordáin
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir John McIlduff
Bainisteoir Léirithe Cliff Barragry
Léiritheoir Jen Coppinger
Ros Kavanagh
Luca Truffarelli
Bainisteoir Stáitse Fiona Keller
Bainisteoir Léirithe Anthony Hanley
Léiritheoir Aoife White
Conan McIvor
Dearthóir Soilsithe Sinead Wallace
Dearthóir Fuaime Adam Welsh
Dearthóir Feistis Sarah Bacon
Dearthóir Seit Andrew Clancy
Córagrafaí Liv O'Donoghue
Bainisteoir Stáitse Tara Furlong

Eolas Faoi Chearta

Foinse Eolais

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