With its wild and intricate plot, The Shaughraun is an incredible mixture of whirlwind melodrama and merry Celtic moonshine, including a Fenian rebel on the run,a police spy in league with the British soldiery, separated loves, secret letters, a brave Irish priest, a forlorn Irish mother, a series of multiple escapes over bogs and cliffs, gunshots and falling bodies, and an inexhaustible supply of tricks.
‘The most unusual and indeed the most exciting production of the year so far..a joyous romp acted with uncommon zest’- Evening Herald
‘One of the most intelligently inventive productions I have seen in Irish theatre’- Irish Times
‘yet another Druid success’- Connacht Tribune
‘wonderfully inventive…a send-up that should send you out laughing into the night…top-class show…excellent performances’- Sunday Tribune
Credits
Cast
Conn Ray McBride
Capt. Mullineaux Peter Lawson
Harvey Duff Maurice Sheehan
Robert Foliott David Calvert
Father Dolan Séan McGinley
Corry Kinchella Maelíosa Stafford
Claire Foliott Marie Mullen
Arte O'Neal Br'd Brennan
Moya Bairbre N'Chaoimh
Madame Lolita D L'Amore Mrs O'Kelly
Lady Shannon O'Meara Biddy Madigan
Dame Ismarelda Zaferella Nancy Malone
A Sergeant Hamish 'Jock' McTavish
A Private Bert Roberts
Creative Team
Director Garry Hynes
Lighting Design Maelíosa Stafford
Design Garry Hynes, Stephen Plant
Production Team
Production ManagerStage DirectorCaroline FitzgeraldLightingTony WakefieldSoundNuala GoldenStage ManagerJohn Kell Stephen Plant
Set Construction David Calver, Séan McGinley
Lighting and Sound Assistants Padraic Boran, Yannig Guiomard, Terry Devlin
Props Peter Lawson assisted by Maurice Sheehan, Ray McBride
Costume Marie Mullen assisted by Brid Brennan, Bairbre Ni Chaoimh
Artwork, Decor & puppets Gay Dowling
Poster Robert Armstrong
Production Photography Joe Dillion
Front of House Ethine O'Flynn assisted by Padraic O'Neill, Aedhmar Hynes, Orfhliath Stafford, Anne-Marie Egan
Artistic Director Garry Hynes
Administrator Jerome Hynes(for the Peacock theatre)
