OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Rod Goodall  Patricia Forde 

• Author Notes

  Adapted by Rod Goodall and Patricia Forde from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by S.T. Coleridge and devised by Macnas

• Synopsis

  An adaptation of S.T. Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', the play is set in both 1950's Galway and in 1798. It follows the voyage of Coleridge's Mariner from the Antarctic Ice Flows to the Saragossa Sea and tells of the consequences he suffers after killing an albatross at sea.

• Play Type

  Physical/Devised Theatre
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  13

• Female

  32

• Total

  45

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  17 July 1996

• Producer

  Produced by Macnas

• Original Venue

  The Black Box
  

Source Of Information

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