OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tif Eccles 

• Setting

  The isolation ward of St. Malachi's Psychiatric Hospital in the late 1950's.

• Synopsis

  Inside a psychiatric hospital in the West of Ireland, we meet Patrick Conway, a patient in the isolation unit for over 20 years. Why has he been locked away and denied visitors for so many years? Is he a danger to society? What is his obsession with gold? Was the gift of second sight too much for 1950's Ireland too handle? A play about goldfish, electro convulsive shock therapy, psychiatry, solitaire and injustice, this is the story of one man's struggle not to forget the truth of who he really is.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  1

• Total

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  24 May 2000

• Producer

  Produced by Bewley’s Cafe Theatre

• Original Venue

  Bewley's Café Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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