OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lucy Caldwell 

• Synopsis

  The play centres around a young apprentice luthier in Ramallah. His name is Dawood Al-Suleiman, and his story reveals, as he repairs a violin, a memory from ten years previously, when he was aged nine.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Total

  1

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 September 2009

• Production Notes

  Produced along with 4 other short plays by female playwrights inspired by stories from the New York media under the umbrella title, "Spinning the Times."

• Producer

  Produced by Origin Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  59E59 Theatres
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  The Luthier received its Irish premiere at The New Theatre as part of PalFest Ireland 2016.

Source Of Information

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