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The Rock Station

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Ger FitzGibbon 

  • Suíomh

    Set in the interior of an old wooden lighthouse, on an offshore rocky island outcrop, off Co.Clare in 1866 - a period of considerable political unrest.

  • Achoimre

    Peter - reclusive, thoughtful and apolitical - is staffing the lighthouse on his own when his ebullient and extrovert brother Eddy arrives unexpectedly. Eddy is ostensibly concerned about the sudden and inexplicably disappearance of the second lighthouse keeper, Harty, having gone missing mysteriously days earlier. Gradually, in the cooped up confinement of the lighthouse, political differences and old family feuds break out between the two brothers. Eddy's interest in Harty turns out to be more than casual. At the climax of the play, having discovered a plan to land arms, Eddy attempts to use an experimental lighthouse lamp to signal the gunrunners. He dies in this attempt. Peter, cleaning and preparing the body of his brother, breaks down, wrecking the lighthouse interior, only to reveal the depth of Harty's betrayal of him.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    2

  • Total

    2

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    21 October 1992

  • Nótaí faoin Léiriú

    Produced by Soho Theatre Company, London.
  • Nótaí faoin Ionad

    First presented at the Cockpit Theatre, London.

  • Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

    The Irish premiere was presented at the Granary Theatre, Cork by Meridian Theatre Company on October 12th, 1995.

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Peter Peter Caffrey
Eddy Sean Cranitch
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Abigail Morris
Dearthóir Tom Piper
Dearthóir Soilsithe Chris Jaegar
Ceol Richard Haycock

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    The Rock Station

  • Bliain

    1995

  • Foilsithe ag

    Meridian Theatre Company in assocaition with The Collins Press

  • Seoladh

    Carey's Lane, The Huguenot Quarter
    Cork
    Republic of Ireland

  • Guthán

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  • ISBN

    1898256055

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  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

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  • Teagmháil

    Ger Fitzgibbon

  • Seoladh

    Republic of Ireland

  • Ríomhphost

    G.Fitzgibbon@ucc.ie

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The information for this entry was taken from the published script.