OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Carmel Winters 

• Setting

  Dublin, 2007

• Notes

  Best Man was originally commissioned by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach.

• Synopsis

  Kay Keane is a careerist estate agent making the most of Ireland's property boom. Her stay-at-home husband, Alan, sells bespoke best-man speeches, but wants to write a novel. The arrival of a Bolivian nanny to help look after the children is meant to allow Alan achieve his goal, but ends up tearing the family apart.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  4

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 June 2013

• Producer

  Produced by The Everyman and Project Arts Centre In association with Cork Midsummer Festival

• Original Venue

  The Everyman
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  First performed during Cork Midsummer Festival before transferring to Project Arts Centre, Dublin.

Source Of Information

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