Thomastown to stage Three Plays by Lady Gregory
Drama also to be staged in Co Clare
Three one-act plays by Lady Augusta Gregory will be staged in Thomastown, this weekend.
The Travelling Man, The Goal Gate and The Rising of the Moon are heartfelt, short plays written at the start of the twentieth century as Ireland’s National Theatre, the Abbey, strove to establish itself as a major theatrical force. The plays reflect the energy and drive of the theatre’s founders, in tales charming, poignant and comic.
Presented by Doorknockers Theatre Company, Three Plays by Lady Gregory will be staged at the Concert Hall, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday, June 22, and at the Hall, Mountshannon, Co. Clare on July 9 and 10. Both venues have an 8pm start and €10 admission. For further information contact: 087 9948866.
The Travelling Man
The first play is a folktale of a woman who meets a mysterious figure on the road when she is down and out, who rescues her. But will she recognize him, if he turns up again?
The Gaol Gate
A tragic tale of two women, mother and wife, of an arrested man. They come to Galway jail to warn him of rumours that he has betrayed local lads in a murder case. What has actually happened to their relative is unexpected and revealing.
The Rising of the Moon
In this comic drama, one of Lady Gregory’s best known plays, an Irish police sergeant loyal to his British paymasters is on the lookout for an escaped revolutionary. He meets a ragged ballad singer and finds his loyalties tested in the encounter.
Doorknockers Theatre Company is a collective, comprising actors and artists from counties Clare and Kilkenny working together to create theatre that explores body, soul and spirit in a vibrant, artistic and compelling way.