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Sive (Irish Tour)

  

John B. Keane

Ireland’s best-loved playwright, poet and author John B. Keane was born in Listowel, Co. Kerry in 1928 and died there on 30 May, 2002. In all he wrote 19 plays and 32 works of prose and poetry. Sive, Keane’s first and arguably greatest play, is an established classic. Set in a remote area of North Kerry, the play tells the story of the promise in marriage, of the young and beautiful Sive to an old man. Now in a new production, Garry Hynes directs a major Irish Cast that includes Anna Manahan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty. Sive is Druid’s first appearance at the Festival since their acclaimed trilogy of plays by Martin McDonagh in 1997. Since that time the company has gone on to win numerous awards including Broadway’s Tony award for Director Garry Hynes.

Cast

Nanna Glavin
Anna Manahan

Mena Glavin
Derbhle Crotty

Sive
Ruth Bradley

Thomasheen Sean Rua
Eamon Morrissey

Mike Lavin Gary Lydon

Liam Scuab
Barry Ward

Sean Dota
Noel O’Donovan

Pats Bocock
Frank O’Sullivan

Carthalawn
Peter Halpin

Creative Team

Directed by:
Garry Hynes

Design:
Francis O’Connor

Sound Design:
Scott George

Music:
Laura Forrest Hay

Lighting Design:
Davy Cunningham

Costume Design:
Kathy Strachan

Dialect Coach:
Jill McCullough

Movement Director:
David Bolger

Design Assistant:
Andrew Mitchell

Production Team

Producer
Donal Shiels

Production Manager
Eamonn Fox(Galway)

Company Stage Manager
Sophie Gabszewicz
Tim Smith

Deputy Stage Manager
Michele Enright

Assistant Stage Manager
Sarah Lynch

**Intern
Amy Corrigan

Costume Supervisor Doreen McKennaCaroline McCurdy

Electrician
Eamon Fox (Dublin)

Wigs and Make-up Anne Dunne

PR Consultant
Kate Bowe

Casting
Maureen Hughes
Amy Rowan

Set Construction
Theatre Production Services

Graphic Design
Proactive

Scenic Artists
Jack Kirwan
Sandra Butler

J.B. Keane Portrait
Philip Lindey

Artistic Director
Garry Hynes

Managing Director
Fergal McGrath

Financial Controller
David McConnell

Administrative Assistant
Loretto O’Donohoe

Administration
Molly Molloy
Aileen O’Hara
Yvonne Corscadden

“gripping to the end” Sunday Tribune 22 Sept 2003

“stunning … this production does great honour to the enduring vision of Keane” The Guardian, 17 Sept 2003

2002

Performance Schedule

Town Hall Theatre, Galway
10th Sept – 21st Sept 2002 (previews 6th, 7th, 9th Sept)

Cork Opera House, Cork
24th Sept – 28th Sept

Glór Music Centre, Ennis
1st Oct – 5th Oct

The Olympia Theatre, Dublin
8th Oct – 26th Oct

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