OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Donal O'Kelly 

• Synopsis

  It is February 1798. A Frenchman walks into the village of The Naul in North County Dublin. He is, he says, a prisoner-of-war escaped from an English jail. Soon he is training the local United Irishmen. He’s dubbed Vive La for exclaiming "vive la liberte" at every chance. But nothing is quite as it seems that winter of 1798...

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  8

• Cast Size Female

  11

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details. Vive La is introduced by a company of five mummers and these five mummers play all of the other characters.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  24 May 2007

• Producer

  Produced by Benbo Productions

• Original Venue

  Draíocht
  

Source Of Information

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