Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Joseph O'Connor (1) 

• Suíomh

  A ship approaching Dublin Bay, 1742.

• Achoimre

  The action takes place aboard a ship carrying an ageing and maudlin George Frederick Handel to Dublin for the premiere of the Messiah. As the performance in Fishamble Street looms, the composer is increasingly riddled with fear and self-doubt. His two servants, meanwhile, have personal issues of their own to face.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  16 April 2009

• Leiriú

  Produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company

• Nótaí faoin Ionad

  Site-specific. Staged aboard the Jeannie Johnston famine replica ship docked at Custom House Quay, Dublin.

• Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

  Site-specific performance commissioned by Fishamble in collaboration with RTÉ Lyric FM as part of the 2009 Dublin Handel Festival. Originally broadcast as "The Crossing: Handel's Messiah" on Lyric FM in 2003.

Foinse Eolais

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