Saturday 18th at the Festival: Corn Mill present ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’

‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 18th, 8.15pm.

On Saturday the 18th, Corn Mill present Brian Friel’s classic ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’.

Philadelphia Here I Come‘Philadelphia Here I Come’ is a 1964 play written by Brian Friel. It is set in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It centres around Garet (Gar) O’ Donnell’s proposed move to America. Gar is protrayed by two characters, Gar Public (the Gar that people see, talk to and talk about) and Gar Private (the unseen man, the man within, the conscience). It’s essentially about exile, the exile of emigration, the exile of emotional disconnect, the exile of choosing security over love and the exile of living fantasy rather than reality. The play is a tragic comedy with many comical scenes.

 

 

 

MADGE – MAURA FARRELLY

GARET O’ DONNELL (PUBLIC) – DEREK O’REILLY

GARET O’ DONNELL (PRIVATE) – CHARLES MCGUINNESS

S.B. O’DONNELL – RAY HACKETT

KATE DOOGAN – GRACE KELLY

SENATOR DOOGAN – JIM WILLIAMSON

MASTER DOYLE – BRIAN REILLY

LIZZY SWEENEY – TARAGH DONOHOE

CON SWEENEY – SEAN MCINTYRE

BEN BURTON – JOE MC MANUS

NED – STEPHEN GREY

TOM – RONAN WARD

JOE – LARRY O’HALLORAN

CANON MICK O’BYRNE – BRIAN REILLY

DIRECTOR – KILLIAN MC GUINNESS

CREW

Lighting: Phillip McIntyre, Barry Nash, Noel Nash; Sound: Gus Hanly, Angela McCluskey;

Set Design: Phillip McIntyre, Noel Nash; Décor: Sinead O’reilly, Taragh Donohue; Stage Manager: Taragh Donohoe; Make Up: Una Ward.

 

‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 18th, 8.15pm.

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