‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 15th, 8.15pm.
Tonight sees the return of Letterkenny Music and Drama Group to our drama festival as they present Eugene O’Neill’s classic ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’.
A semi-autobiographical account of O’Neill’s own upbringing, it tells the tragic story of the damaged and tormented Tyrone family over a long hot summer’s day in Connecticut in 1912. As the day progresses, they gradually come to terms with their addictions, their blame on each other and their own over-riding guilt as long built-up family tensions rise to the surface and threaten to destroy them.
Over the years it has been performed by actors as diverse as Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Olivier, Jeremy Irons, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy, David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf and Philip Seymour Hoffman to name just a few with the most notable recent production taking place on Broadway last year with Gabriel Byrne and Jessica Lange in the lead roles.
JAMES TYRONE – ANTHONY DELAP
MARY CAVAN TYRONE (HIS WIFE) – GERALDINE GALLIGAN
JAMES TYRONE (THE ELDEST SON) – MARTIN HASSON
EDMUND TYRONE (THEIR YOUNGER SON) – JOSEPH GALLAGHER
CATHLEEN (SERVANT GIRL) – ELAINE GILLESPIE
DIRECTOR – KIERAN KELLY
PRODUCER – PLUINCÉAD Ó FEARRAIGH
ASSISTANT PRODUCER – DIARMUID Ó GALLCHOIR
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 15th, 8.15pm.
Contact John on 0863743207 or the Abbey Arts Centre box office on 0719851375 to avoid disappointment.