The Country Boy 1999

The Country Boy

By John Murphy
Directed by Garry Hynes

By John Murphy

Curly’s father Tom is not a man for change so Curly is finding it very difficult to leave home. He wants to leave the family farm and marry his girl Eileen, but when his older brother returns from America Curly begins to see all the paths he could take. But which road will he go down and will he do it for the right reasons?

a winner
The Examiner
immensely entertaining
Sunday Business Post
a luminous production…exquisite performances
Sunday Tribune

Credits

Cast

  • Tom Maher Peadar Lamb
  • Mary Kate Bernadette McKenna
  • Curly Ruaidhrí Conroy
  • Eddie Peter Gowen
  • Eileen Emily Nagle
  • Julia Shelley Williams

Creative Team

  • Directed By Garry Hynes
  • Assistant Director Andrew Flynn
  • Design Francis O’Connor
  • Assisted By Jessica Evershed
  • Sound Design Simon Baker
  • Original Music Paddy Cunneen
  • Lighting Design Ben Ormerod

Production Team

  • Production Consultant Maurice Power
  • Tour Manager Ciara Ni Shuilleabháin
  • Stage Manager Andrew Flynn
  • Assistant Stage Managers Sinéad Cahill
  • Niall Cleary
  • Production Electrician Barry O’Brien
  • Production Carpenter Frank Gleeson
  • Wardrobe Supervisor Mags Linnane
  • Assisted By Orfhlaith Stafford
  • Set Construction Alan Clarke
  • Assisted By Bernard Byrne
  • Stephen Meany
  • Scenic Artist/Crew Dara McGee
  • Casting Maureen Hughes
  • US Casting (New York) Bernie Telsey
  • Transport Trevor Price
  • Publicity Mary O’Mahony
  • Photography Derek Speirs
  • Michéal O’Suilleabháin
  • Graphic Design Bite! Associates
  • Artistic Director Garry Hynes
  • Box Office Sinéad Cahill
  • Administration Ciara Ni Shuileabháin
  • Administrative Assistant Cliona Ni Mhocháin
  • New Writing Charlie McBride
  • Writers in Association Billy Roche
  • Martin McDonagh

Dates & Tickets

Limerick The Belltable Arts Centre 26 - 30 October 1999

Sligo The Hawk’s Well Theatre 1 - 2 November 1999

Longford Backstage Theatre 4 - 6 November 1999

Skibereen The Town Hall 8 - 9 November 1999

Kerry Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 11 - 13 November 1999