OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Olwen Fouéré  Michel Abbécassis 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Roddy Doyle

• Author Notes

  A French language adaptation of the novels 'The Woman who Walked into Doors' and 'Paula Spencer' by Roddy Doyle.

• Setting

  A one-woman show based on the popular novels by Roddy Doyle, 'Paula Spencer: La Femme Qui Se Cognait Dans Les Portes' tells the story of a woman's long struggle with alcoholism and domestic abuse. She battles, she survives, she tells the audience her long and difficult personal story.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Female

  1

• Total

  1

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 January 2009

• Production Notes

  Performed in French with English surtitles.

• Producer

  Produced by Théâtre de l’Éveil

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  A Franco-Irish collaboration commissioned as part of the cultural programme to celebrate France's presidency of the EU. First performed in the Théâtre de la Tempête in Paris on the 16th September 2008.

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