OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Declan Gorman 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Gerhart Hauptmann 

• Author Notes

  Translated and adapted from Gerhart Hauptmann's (1862-1946) The Weavers.

• Setting

  The play is set in the 1840's in a region of Northern Europe where cotton and linen weaving are the principal forms of livelihood

• Synopsis

  A modern-style version of Hauptmann's 19th-century epic of a local craftsmen's revolution. The revolution occurred among the impoverished communities of the Eulengebirge mountain region of Silesia in 1844, and the play charts the despair and deprivation that led to the outbreak of violence. The adaptation suggests parallels between the traditions of the North East of Ireland and the remote Polish-German region in which the original play was set.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  20

• Cast Size Female

  17

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  23 September 1997

• Producer

  Produced by Upstate Theatre Project

• Original Venue

  Droichead Arts Centre
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and promotional flyer.