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God Bless the Child

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Patrick Talbot 

  • Adapted / Translated From

    Frank O'Connor

  • Setting

    Time: the early decades of the 20th Century. Place: A classroom somewhere in Cork.

  • Synopsis

    God Bless the Child is adapted from the Frank O'Connor stories: My Oedipus Complex, The Genius and First Confession. Meet young Michael, who goes into mortal combat with his father when he returns from the First World War, Larry, a genius who can't understand why the world can't keep up with him, and Jackie, who has the grim task of not only making his first confession and communion, but must also deal with his very obstreperous grandmother.

  • Play Type

    Adaptation/Translation

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    3

  • Total

    3

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    16 July 2014

  • Production Notes

    Produced by Patrick Talbot Productions.

  • Original Venue

    The Everyman

Original Cast
Larry Gary Murphy (2)
Michael Shane Casey
Jackie Ciarán Bermingham
Production Team
Director Patrick Talbot
Set Designer Jim Queally
Lighting Designer Paul Denby
Costume Designer Mary Newman
Sound Designer Cormac O'Connor (1)
Production Technician Anthony Hanley
Finance Manager Cait Linehan
Production Stage Manager Aoife Clarke
Set Construction Joe Stockdale
Graphic Design Burns Design Cork
Photography Mike McSweeney

Unpublished Scripts

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    Rights for original material

  • Contact

    Peters Fraser Dunlop (PFD)

  • Address

    55 New Oxford Street
    London WC1A 1BS
    England

  • Phone

    +44 (0)20 7344 1000

  • Email

    info@pfd.co.uk

  • Website

    www.pfd.co.uk

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    Adaptation rights

  • Contact

    Patrick Talbot

  • Email

    ptalbot@eircom.net

Source Of Information

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