Sebastian Barry
Johnny Silvester, is a disgraced Irish elder statesman facing a tribunal's charges of corruption. But, as he sits in his Georgian mansion in the Dublin hinterland, he confronts more immediate accusers. His wife never lets him forget his 15 years of sexual infidelity. His once brilliant son has turned into a suicidal depressive. An undergraduate interviewer taunts him with betrayal of his country. A ghostly politician thrice emerges Banquo-like from the bookcase to promise that the fires of hell are being stoked against his arrival.
Drámaí Ginearálta
Dráma Fada
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17 January 2002
Co-produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach and Royal National Theatre and Out of Joint
First performed at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, England.
The original production subsequently toured to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, opening on the Abbey Satge in February, 2002.
Hinterland
2002
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The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.