OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Seán McCarthy 

• Synopsis

  The Marble Madonna explores a love affair between Don, an experienced man, and Joan, a woman involved for the first time outside her marriage. Set against a background of religious constraints, the play explores the effects this affair has on the characters and their journey of self-discovery.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  1

• Total

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 August 1987

• Producer

  Produced by Kite Productions

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  The Marble Madonna was originally produced in at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow in the mid 1980s. It was subsequently re-staged in Dublin as listed.

Source Of Information

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