OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Laoisa Sexton 

• Setting

  The Last Days of Cleopatra takes place in the suburban areas of modern day (2014) North County Dublin and the City Centre. Ireland is in the middle of its never ending recession.

• Synopsis

  A black comedy, about a dysfunctional family that doesn't communicate - Can a family that dance together, stay together? A father, son and daughter must struggle to redefine the heart of their family, as they are about to lose the only thing that holds them together.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  1

• Total

  6

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling occurs.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 August 2014

• Production Notes

  Produced by Georganne Aldrich Heller.

• Venue Notes

  Performed at the Urban Stages Theatre, New York.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  The Irish premiere took place at The New Theatre, Dublin on 22nd March 2017, presented by The New Theatre in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller Foundation & On The Quays.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, with additional information supplied by the author.