OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tom O'Neill 

• Synopsis

  Bare Essentials follows Norman, a down-market Dublin bedsit dweller whose artistic talent is as vast as his paranoia, and his side-kick Sean, whose sights are set on bigger things for both of them. The play explores the uneasy relationship that unfolds between business and the arts, as together they stumble through an atypical day in the life of an unemployed Dublin artist.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  1

• Total

  5

• Cast Notes

  In the original production four additional characters were heard as prerecorded voices.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  03 October 1989

• Producer

  Produced by Brass Tacks Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  The Damer Hall/An Damer
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme. Additional information was taken from the 1988 Dublin Theatre Festival programme.