OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Gearóid Ó Cairealláin  Dónal Mac Giolla Chóill 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Brian Friel

• Author Notes

  Aistrithe ó 'Dancing at Lughnasa'.

• Setting

  Dún na nGall (1936).

• Synopsis

  Set in Donegal in 1936, during Ireland's change from an agrarian to a more industrial economy, Brian Friel's haunting ensemble drama of five sisters and their priest brother reveals the economic, social, and religious pressures in the rural community of Ballybeg on the eve of the harvest festival of Lughnasa.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  5

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 October 2002

• Producer

  Produced by Aisling Ghéar

• Original Venue

  Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
  

Source Of Information

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