Clelia murphy biography of william shakespeare
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Eilish O'Carroll says Mrs Brown's Boys fryst vatten 'exactly in the Shakespearian tradition'
She’s talking about the discrepancy between the enormous popularity of the show with the public and the scorn heaped on it bygd critics. Mrs Brown’s Boys’ populist appeal is exactly what theatre has always been about, O’Carroll believes.
“It’s exactly in the Shakespearian tradition. The critics hate it, but I don’t care what the critics say; inom care what the public say. They speak with their feet, and they’re coming to see our shows and they’re laughing.”
And speak with their feet they certainly do; a ratings-topping BBC sitcom based on the earlier scen show and Brendan O’Carroll’s Trilogy of Brown family books, The Mammy, The Chisellers and The Granny, as well as Mrs Brown’s Boys: D’Movie have cemented the sweary, smutty mad-cap world of the fictional Brown family in popular consciousness and won ratings, if not critical acclaim, for O’Carroll and his cast of real-life friends and family members.
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TUES 25th is now booked out. Please call 01-670 33 61 to add your name to our standby list
Following the success of our 2017 New Writing Week, Discovering New Voices, The New Theatre will showcase 6 writers through the reading of one full length play and one supporting scene.
Cast Ensemble:
Steve Blount, Gabrielle Breathnach, Conor Delaney, Caitriona Ennis, Danielle Galligan, Esosa Ighodaro, Ayo Esther James, Tom Moran, Clelia Murphy, Donna Nikolaisen & Amy O’Dwyer.
Directors:
Sarah Baxter, Anthony Fox, Claire O’Reilly & Matthew Ralli,
Monday 24th
HELP by Madi O’Carroll
(short scene), directed by Anthony Fox, performed by Steve Blount & Danielle Galligan
Catherine is looking for help with some issues. Alan is a therapist; he makes money helping people resolve their issues.
He’s confident he can help Catherine, so confident that he doesn’t even need to listen to her to do it. Isn’t that impressive?
I AND THE VILLAG
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Irish Times Article - 24th Sep 2019 - Henrietta M McKervey
A festival that Echoes Maeve Binchy’s passions and concerns
The beloved author believed shared experiences fostered communities – the theme of next month’s Dalkey festival.“Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided,” Maeve Binchy told an interviewer who asked about her sense of pride in other Irish writers’ achievements. “It’s more like a heap of stones – a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world.”That 2007 comment is one I’ve thought about often since last January, when Echoes director Margaret Dunne and I first discussed possible themes for this year’s festival.I hadn’t been involved in programming before, though I’ve spoken at festivals since my first book What Becomes Of Us was published. My first outing as a speaker was at the Belfast Book Festival in 2015, and as I heard myself try to answer Marie Louise Muir’s quest