OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Manchán Magan 

• Setting

  Léacht filíochta, 2011

• Notes

  Tá an dráma seo dátheangach le Béarla agus Gaeilge measctha tríd síos.

• Synopsis

  Mother Tongue is in the emergency ward; each focal ag cryáil amach for the kiss of life. In this bilingual exploration of the fragile soul of Gaeilge, a Béarlóir and a subtitle operator slug it out with tongue tying, grammar wrestling, dictionary massacres and a mutant version of the Pepsi challenge. It’s a celebration of language as weapon, chicaning into some farcical linguistics and a revelatory revival meeting for forgotten words.

  Presented bilingually with subtitles.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  1

• Total

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 September 2011

• Production Notes

  Léirithe ag Manchán Magan

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Coimisiúin de chuid an Project Arts Centre, le tacaíocht ó Foras na Gaeilge.

Source Of Information

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