Cast
- Dr. Edward Huml John Keegan
- Irene Huml/ Dr. Jana Baltazar Katherine O’Toole
- Renata (his lover) / Blanka (his secretary) Anne Byrne
- Martin Kriebl Mikel Murfi
- Sam Muckal Gerry Walsh
- Mr. Beck Michael O’Sullivan
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
A man with many things to juggle from lovers and philosophy to a machine posing questions is struggling to balance his life but also trying to find the meaning to his life.
Translation by Katerina Ivak
‘the subtly dazzling tinkering about with words, time, circumstance and situation…was so engrossing, so stimulating, so thoroughly entertaining at several levels, that one wished it would go on and on’- The Sunday Independent, 10 March 1991
‘far and away the best from Druid for a long, long time this is one you must see’- The Sunday Independent, 10 March 1991
‘breathtaking theatrical and technical precision in terms of set, sound and lighting and most of all impeccable acting’- Connacht Sentinel, 12 March 1991
Credits
Creative Team
- Director Maelíosa Stafford
- Design Bláithín Sheerin
- Lighting Design John Ashton
- David Murphy
Production Team
- Production Manager Maurice Power
- Stage Director Moya McHugh
- Stage Manager Bernie Walsh
- Assistant Stage Manager Angela Duffy
- Chief Electrician David Murphy
- Set Construction Alan Clarke
- Assisted By Frank Gleeson
- Wardrobe Monica Ennis
- The Costume Company
- Scenic Artist Keith Kelly
- Operators John Ashton
- Eamonn Fox
- David Murphy
- Technical Properties John Ashton
- David Murphy
- Production Photography Mark Kilroy
- Poster Design Johan Hofsteenge
- Hair Eileen Doyle
- Transport Trevor Price
- Programme Note Gerry Turner
- Alice Turner
- Box Office Ann O’Dea
- Front of House Niall Barrett
- Yvonne Barrett
- Linda Barrett
- Ethel Burke
- Joan Mallon
- Orfhlaith Stafford
- Mike Ward
- Artistic Director Maelíosa Stafford
- General Manager Jane Daly
- Administrator Anne Butler
- Administrative Assistant Dervla Byrne