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An Stoirm

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Aodh Mac Dhubháin 

  • Adapted / Translated From

    Alexander Ostrovsky

  • Author Notes

    Aistrithe ó 'The Storm'(1859)

  • Setting

    An Rúis (1856)

  • Synopsis

    The Storm offers a vivid picture of the savagery, intolerance and primitivism of mid-nineteenth century Russia. The play shows a world in which merchants abuse workers, social progress is spat upon and religion is a reactionary force. In such circumstances, the heroine, Katerina, has little hope. Saddled with a weak husband and a tyrannical mother-in-law, she falls helplessly in love with a rich merchant's nephew. Her guilt forces her to reveal the brief affair with fatal consequences.

  • Play Type

    Adaptation/Translation

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    7

  • Total

    15

Original Production

Original Cast  
Cuiliogan Cyril Cusack
Pol Conchubhar Ó Súilleabháin
Seán Nicolas Ó Cinnéide
Máire Áine Ní Riain
Seapcin Liam Ó Ceallaigh
Mdm. Kabanova Caitlín Ní Chatháin
Tiochon Kabanova Donnchadha Ó Deaghaidh
Olga Ide Ní Fhlaithimh
Boris Diokaoi Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin
Bairbre Máirín Ní Shúilleabháin
Pol Diokaoi Gearóid Ó Lochlainn
Caitríona Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Aindrias Kuidriais Brian O'Higgins
Seanbhean Ria Mooney
Marta Máirín Ní Éaluighthe
Production Team  
Director Frank Dermody
Set Designer Michael Clarke (2)

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Address

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    +353 1 6030200

  • Email

    info@nli.ie

  • Website

    www.nli.ie

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Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ó leabhar Lennox Robinson, Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951.