Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Declan Gorman 

• Athchóirithe/ Aistrithe ó

  Gerhart Hauptmann

• Nótaí Faoin Údar

  Translated and adapted from Gerhart Hauptmann's (1862-1946) The Weavers.

• Suíomh

  The play is set in the 1840's in a region of Northern Europe where cotton and linen weaving are the principal forms of livelihood

• Achoimre

  A modern-style version of Hauptmann's 19th-century epic of a local craftsmen's revolution. The revolution occurred among the impoverished communities of the Eulengebirge mountain region of Silesia in 1844, and the play charts the despair and deprivation that led to the outbreak of violence. The adaptation suggests parallels between the traditions of the North East of Ireland and the remote Polish-German region in which the original play was set.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Athchóiriú/Aistriúchán
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  20

• Female

  17

• Total

  37

• Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  23 September 1997

• Leiriú

  Produced by Upstate Theatre Project

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Droichead Arts Centre
  

Foinse Eolais

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