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The House

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Tom Murphy 

  • Suíomh

    Set in rural Ireland in the 1950's.

  • Achoimre

    A group of young Irishmen return temporarily to their rural Irish home town for their annual summer holidays. Our anti-hero is working-class Christy, who has long been fascinated by, and entangled with, the wealthy De Burca family and their grand house, where his dead mother used to work as a maid. There's a sexual and romantic charge to Christy's interactions with all of the De Burca women: the ailing, widowed mother; spinster eldest daughter Marie; unhappily married Louise, with whom Christy had a dalliance the previous summer; and dangerous Susanne, who, it's implied, is working as a high-class prostitute in London.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    11

  • Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

    .

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Mother Geraldine Plunkett
Christy Patrick O'Kane
Goldfish Don Wycherley
Bunty John Olohan
Tarpey Des Cave
Kerrigan Frank McCusker
Marie Jane Brennan
Susanne Ali White
Louise Deirdre Molloy
Peter Andrew Bennett
Jimmy Gary Lydon
Foireann Léirithe
Stiúrthóir Conall Morrison
Dearthóir Seit Francis O'Connor
Dearthóir Soilsithe Ben Ormerod
Dearthóir Feistis Joan O'Clery
Cultacha Abbey Theatre Wardrobe Department
Richard Ryan
Louise Drumm
Stiúrthóir Stáitse Finola Eustace
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Gabrielle McGrath
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Maree Kearns
Tógáil Seit Abbey Theatre Workshop
Dearthóir Grafach Red Dog Design
Grianghrafadóireacht Amelia Stein
Andrea Ainsworth

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Pogánytánc

  • Bliain

    2003

  • Foilsithe ag

    Európa Konyvkiadó

  • Seoladh

    Budapest
    Hungary

  • ISBN

    9630773031

  • Teideal

    The House

  • Bliain

    2000

  • Foilsithe ag

    Methuen

  • Seoladh

    Head Office, 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road
    London SW1V 1EJ
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)20 7798 1600

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.methuen.co.uk

  • ISBN

    0413757900

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Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    Alexandra Cann Representation

  • Seoladh

    Box 116, 4 Montpelier Street
    London SW7 1EE
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)7796954969

  • Ríomhphost

    alex@alexandracann.co.uk

Foinse Eolais

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