OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Charlie McBride  Conor Maguire 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• Author Notes

  Athchóiriú ar an ngearrscéal 'Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes'(1968)

• Synopsis

  This play is based on a short story for children written in 1968. The story begins with a husband and wife, Pelayo and Elisenda, who find a very old man in their courtyard one stormy afternoon. Amazed, they gaze at the enormous wings attached to the body of the old man as he struggles to get up from the mud. Is he an angel, come to bring their sick newborn baby away with him, or a shipwrecked sailor?

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  2

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  12 December 1991

• Producer

  Produced by Na Fánaithe In association with Galway International Arts Festival

• Original Venue

  An Taibhdhearc
  

Source Of Information

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