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VENUES

Samuel Beckett Theatre

OVERVIEW

    Address

    Trinity College, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin

    Email

    fthackab@tcd.ie

    Website

    www.tcd.ie/beckett-theatre/

    Phone

    + 353 (0)1 896 1334

  • General Manager

    Francis Thackaberry

  • Technical Manager

    Michael Canney

  • Box Office Phone

    + 353 (0)1 896 2461

  • Programming Policy

    The Samuel Beckett Theatre hosts TCD School of Drama productions in University term time and is a touring venue for professional Irish and international theatre and dance companies for the rest of the year.

ADAPTATIONS/TRANSLATIONS

Play Title Playwright
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing Annie Ryan Eimear McBride
Adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name.
Chekhov's First Play Bush Moukarzel Anton Chekhov
Adapted from Laurence Senelick's translation of Chekhov's untitled play commonly known as "Platonov".
Giselle Michael Keegan-Dolan

A radical retelling of the Giselle legend.

Medea Robin Robertson Euripides
A new version of the tragedy by Euripides.
Tales from Ovid Michael Barker-Caven
Adapted from the original poetry collection by Ted Hughes.
The Brothers Karamazov Nick Johnson Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Illusion Peter Sheridan Pierre Corneille
An adaptation of 'L'Illusion Comique' by Corneille.