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Dancing at Lughnasa
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 3m
Dancing at Lughnasa
by Brian Friel
Premiered at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, this multi-award-winning play is about five impoverished spinster sisters in a remote part of County Donegal in 1936.
Image: Tristram Kenton
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Cast Size
5w, 3m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
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Summary
Premiered at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, this multi-award-winning play is about five impoverished spinster sisters in a remote part of County Donegal in 1936. With them live Michael, seven-year-old son of the youngest sister, and Jack, the'sisters' elder brother, a missionary priest newly returned from Africa. The even's of that summer are narrated in recall by the adult Michael, unfolding a tender study of these women's lives.
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- Time Period 1930s
- Setting Composite set: a kitchen and garden
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
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Image: Tristram Kenton
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Brian Friel
Brian Friel (1929-2015), largely considered modern Ireland’s leading playwright, was born to a schoolmaster and a postmistress. After working as a teacher in Derry for ten years, he married Anne Morrison and moved to Donegal to begin writing in earnest. His first significant ...