OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Brídín Nic Dhonncha 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Tom Murphy (1)

• Author Notes

  Aistriúchán ar 'The Thief of a Christmas'.

• Setting

  Teach tábhairne agus siopa i sráidbhaile iargúlta in Éirinn sna 1930í.

• Notes

  Tá baint dhlúth ag an dráma seo leis an gceann iomráiteach eile leis an údar céanna, Bailegangaire. Is léiriú é Gadaí de Nollaig [A Thief of a Christmas] ar an scéal a bhíonn á insint ina bhlúirí ag Mommo le linn Bailegangaire.

• Synopsis

  After the Christmas market in Tuam everyone gathers in John O'Mahony's for music and sport. A stranger and his wife enter and soon a contest is under way between this stranger and the town's champion - a laughing contest. The laughing becomes manic and everyone goes berserk. The town is thereafter called Bailegangaire.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  10

• Female

  8

• Total

  18

• Cast Notes

  Is féidir gearradh siar ar an bhfoireann.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  12 June 2004

• Producer

  Produced by Aisteoirí Bulfin In association with Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich

• Original Venue

  Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Leiríodh an dráma seo ar dtús i Halla na Feothanaí i gCorca Dhuibhne Co. Chiarraí le linn na Féile Náisiúnta Drámaíochta.

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