OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Jocelyn Clarke 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Flann O'Brien

• Author Notes

  Adapted from the 1941 novel 'An Béal Bocht'.

• Setting

  Corkadoragha

• Synopsis

  Bónapárt Ó Cúnasa, is a resident of Corkadoragha - a remote region of Gaelic-speaking Ireland where it never stops raining and where everyone lives in desperate poverty (and always will). Having embarked on a series of blood curdling adventures, Bónapárt has landed up in prison on a false murder charge. "Safe in jail and free from the miseries of life" he begins to write the most affecting memoir of our times.

  A new English stage version of Flann O'Brien's classic Irish-language satire.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  4

• Total

  15

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling required

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  25 October 2011

• Producer

  Produced by Blue Raincoat Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  The Factory Performance Space
  

Source Of Information

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