Details

Set in nineteenth-century Ireland, the story focuses on the arrival of British Soldiers to a small Gaelic Community. Their mission is to perform an ordinance survey but the language barrier leads them to problems. Gaelic place names get replaced with English ones causing conflict and misunderstanding with the local people. Although humour and pathos are used throughout the play, it still seriously tackles a universal problem that is affecting the human condition.

Cast/Performers

Ciaran Hinds (Hugh), Seamus O'Hara, Dermot Crowley, Fra Fee, Judith Roddy, Rufus Wright, Jack Bardoe, Liadan Dunlea, Amy Molloy, Julian Moore-Cook

Creatives/Company

Author: Brian Friel
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Ian Rickson, Anna Morrissey (movement director)
Design: Rae Smith
Lighting: Neil Austin
Music: Stephen Warbeck
Sound: Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)