Dancing at Lughnasa
By Brian Friel
About the Show
By Brian Friel, directed by Janet Clark Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel, one of Ireland's most important playwrights, was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, in Dublin, in 1990, and garnered the 1991 Olivier Award. In 1998, Dancing at Lughnasa was adapted to the screen in a film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Meryl Streep. Set in 1936 Dancing at Lughnasa is a play about hopes, frustrations, dreams and desires set against a background of Irish cultural identity, nostalgia, historical change, and pagan ritual. It revolves around the five Mundy sisters (Kate, Maggie, Agnes, Rosie and Christine), all unmarried who live together in a cottage on a farm 2 miles away from Ballybeg in Donegal with Michael, Christine’s seven year old son, born out of wedlock. The cast:Michael: James MercerKate: Janet EddenMaggie: Sanchia LeddyAgnes: Hayley BeszantRose: Jess WebbChris: Emily SmithGerry: Ian-Paul MundayJack: Del Stone
