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Following the success of the summer season, LIT is transferring two of its plays to the Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton for one week each. The Courtyard is located at Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London N1 6EU
The Trials of Frankie Flynn
Written by Peter Hammond and Directed by Katherine Reilly. Frankie Flynn is a typical Dub. His life is ordered and he is in control of his wife and grown up children - or so he imagines! Despite being modestly described as 'a bit of fun', The Trails of Frankie Flynn turned out to be an authentic and believable portrayal of a 'typical Dub' into whose funny world we gladly pry - Irish Post
31st August 2010 to 5th September 2010 - 7.30pm
Price: £14 / £10 conc
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Belfast Girl
In the wake of the Saville Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, comes a play which considers the human dimension of the Northern Ireland question, and uncovers the personal costs of political struggle. Written by John Dunne, and directed by Mary Tynan, Belfast Girl is set in the aftermath of the Good Friday agreement. Annie is the Belfast Girl of the title: a working class protestant who grew up during the troubles. Her marriage to Orangeman Billy is on the rocks, and an unexpected visit from English Catholic Dave, her childhood sweetheart who she hasn’t seen since her teens, brings matters to a head in an explosive manner. Annie’s brother Macca also has his own journey to make, as he has to choose between his best friend and his unionist allegiances on the one hand, and his familial loyalty to his sister on the other.
Belfast Girl is the third incarnation of John Dunne’s play. The previous versions Belfast and A Belfast Boy have both received critical acclaim from the press, and Belfast was a Time Out Critic’s Choice.
7th September 2010 to 12th September 2010 - 7.30pm
Price: £14 / £10 conc
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Cromwell in Ireland
A controversial play about Cromwell's unwelcome visit to Ireland and the lasting impact left on the country. Mixed with songs, ancient and modern, the play explores some of the facts and themes not generally known about the man who toured Ireland with such devastating effect.
Tue-Thu 21-23 September - 8pm @ £5
Wed-Thu 29-30 September - 8pm @ £5
CROMWELL’S TOUR OF IRELAND
A new play by Tom O’Brien directed by Owen Nolan
Oliver Cromwell landed at Ringsend, Dublin on the 15th August 1649 with orders to pacify the country. He had the might of the English Parliament and his New Model army behind him, and he was still fresh from his success in the English Civil War, where one of his last acts was to oversee the beheading of King Charles.
He stayed in Ireland a mere nine months, but such was the savagery of his onslaught that his name is still reviled there four hundred and fifty years later.
We see his journey through Ireland through his own eyes, those of his Puritan soldiers, and of two girls, Emir and Eithne, who, having been captured at the battle of Drogheda, are now being forced to work in the kitchens before being shipped off as slaves to the West Indies.
Emir is hiding a big secret, she is a spy for Owen Roe O’Neill’s army, the one great hope that Ireland has of defeating Cromwell. She plans to poison Cromwell, little knowing that his agents have already succeeded in doing likewise to O’Neill.
When Eithne is raped by one of the Puritan soldiers, both plan to escape and join the defenders at Limerick, where O’Neill’s Ulster army is making a last desperate stand. |
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