OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Shay Linehan 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Maeve Binchy

• Adapted From Notes

  Adapted from Maeve Binchy's 2010 novel Minding Frankie.

• Synopsis

  Noel Lynch is struggling with an alcohol addiction, when he gets a call from Stella, a girlfriend with whom he shared a drunken weekend. Stella is having Noel’s child; she is also dying from cancer. Noel must raise their daughter, Frankie. Social worker, Moira Tierney, has other ideas, and is prepared to do battle for custody of the child. In order to prevail, Noel must prove that he can fill a woman’s shoes, break all the stereotypes, and become the best mother than he can be. Along the way, he discovers that it takes a village to rear a child, or at least a street.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  1

• Total

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  27 October 2016

• Production Notes

  Produced by Breda Cashe. 

• Original Venue

  Viking Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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