OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Thomas McLaughlin 

• Synopsis

  Olive and Claudette are children of the fifties: after rationing and before the Beatles, long before the troops hit the streets of Belfast. Now in 1994 when their children are gone, their husbands feckless, and they are braving the Troubles, they settle down for an evening's worth of soaps, stupid quizzes, TV movies and bad news bulletins. But tonight they fall asleep and dream.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Female

  2

• Total

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  01 November 1994

• Production Notes

  Co-produced with the Drill Hall, London.

• Producer

  Produced by Charabanc Theatre Company

• Venue Notes

  Premiered at the Drill Hall, London.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  The production subsequently toured throughout Northern Ireland from September to November 1995.

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and promotional flyer which are held in the company archive at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.