OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Joe Steve Ó Neachtain 

• Setting

  In Éirinn sa lá atá inniu ann (2006).

• Synopsis

  'In Ainm an Athar' deals with the return of a young man, Liam, or ‘Wino' as he prefers to call himself now, from a stay in a psychiatric institution, and the sequence of events which follows: the reaction of his parents, in particular his father, the local Garda sergeant; that of the Parish Priest, the Canon, to whom Wino reacts hostilely, even violently; and that of Andy, a local layabout yet the only character who reaches out to Wino on a human level.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  1

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 October 2006

• Producer

  Produced by An Taibhdhearc

• Original Venue

  An Taibhdhearc
  

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