Christy Mahon, a young man, stumbles into Flaherty’s tavern on the west coast of County Mayo. There he impresses the townsfolk with his story of how in affect he struck and killed his father. When his father who survived the attack turns up, the townsfolk call him a liar which leads Christy to attack his […]
1976 – “The Man of Destiny” by George Bernard Shaw & “Barnstable” by James Saunders
The Man of Destiny After his victory at the Battle of Lodi Napoleon is resting at an Italian Inn. One of his Lieutenant appears and tells him that the dispatches he was carrying have been stolen by a young man. When Napoleon threatens to kill the Lieutenant, he tells him that he can hear the […]
1975 – “Juno and the Paycock” by Sean O’Casey
The play follows the fortunes of the impoverished Boyle family in the grim slums of Dublin during the Irish civil war of 1922-23. Representing all facts of Irish character, a gruesome death and the the grim reality of tennement life throws into relieve the Irish swagger and rhetoric of the men struggling for Irish indepence. […]