OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  John McCarthy (1)  Sara-Jane Power  Ciarán Ó Conaill 

• Setting

  The house of Henry William Hollander on the North Mall, 1622.

• Synopsis

  In May 1622 the night sky of Cork City filled with tens of thousands of starlings, in two ‘armies’, engaged in aerial battle. The battle raged through the night, causing several thousand to plunge to the earth dead. On the same evening a story began in the cellar of Hollander house, a story heralding centuries of grand experiment and adventure, of great loss and extraordinary discovery.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  5

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  17 June 2009

• Production Notes

  Performed as part of the 2009 Cork Midsummer Festival.

• Producer

  Produced by Hammergrin

• Venue Notes

  Site-specific. Performed at Number 8, North Mall in Cork City to a maximum of 14 audience members at a time.

Source Of Information

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