OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Elizabeth Moynihan 

• Notes

  Originally staged as a one-act piece, 'Tic' was later rewritten by the author into a full-length play which was produced by Focus theatre in September 2010. On this occasion the play was directed by Joe Devlin and featured Lorna Quinn, Michael Bates, Colm O’Brien and Sonya O’Donoghue. The listing here refers to the play's original one-act production in 2007.

• Synopsis

  Set in Ireland in 1890, the play explores the predicament of a beautiful Anglo-Irish woman afflicted by an illness no one understands. In this unforgiving time of ignorance and superstition can a couple’s love overcome a society’s rigid intolerance?

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  01 August 2007

• Producer

  Produced by Bewley’s Cafe Theatre

• Original Venue

  Bewley's Café Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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