Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Sebastian Barry 

• Suíomh

  Weston-super-mare, Somerset and Inch, County Kerry in the 1890s.

• Achoimre

  Lizzie, performing in Weston-super-Mare, is wooed in unorthodox, even distracted fashion by a fellow Kerryman returned from the Boer War and haunted by his experiences in Africa. Won over by his 'wildness', it is only on her arrival in Ireland that she realises he is of the landlord class, one of those whose rent demands led to her own family's rootlessness. The Only True History of Lizzie Finn examines the social and religious prejudices in Ireland of the 1890s in a powerful human history. Like the colourful heroes of the Old West, Barry's young lovers write their private histories of adventure, romance and new beginnings.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  17

• Female

  14

• Total

  31

• Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details. Two musicians were also featured in the original production.

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  04 October 1995

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Nótaí faoin Ionad

  Produced on the Abbey Stage.

Foinse Eolais

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