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The Silver Tassie

By Sean O’Casey
Directed by Garry Hynes

by Seán O'Casey

This sweeping play follows the lives of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France, and their return home. Using all the resources of the theatre including live music and dance, this is an epic staging of one of O’Casey’s great plays.

Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 19 – Druid’s biggest ever company of actors – and welcomes back some Druid favourites including Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty.

“

powerful and poetic production

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The Oxford Times

“

The Silver Tassie…emerges in Garry Hynes’s fine new production as one of the great (anti) war plays

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Irish Independent

Credits

Cast

Sylvester Heegan Eamon Morrissey
Simon Norton John Olohan
Susie Monican Clare Dunne
Mrs Foran Derbhle Crotty
Mrs Heegan Ruth Hegarty
Teddy Foran Liam Carney
Harry Heegan Aaron Monaghan
Jessie Taite Aoife Duffin
Barney Bagnall Brian Gleeson
Soliders in France Christopher Doyle
Gerard Kelly
Elliot Harper
Adam Welsh
The Corporal Eamon Morrissey
The Visitor Bush Moukarzel
The Staff-Wallah John Olohan
Surgeon Forby Maxwell Elliot Harper
The Sister of the Ward Ruth Hegarty
Other Parts Played by The Company and Young Chorus (see below)
GALWAY CHORUS Lara Connaughton
John Gaughan
Martin Kenny
Peadar O’Goill
Miriam Ward
ENNIS CHORUS Adam Bluett
Aoife Corry
Laura Keown
Oisín Ó Cualáin
Dalian Rynne
DUBLIN CHORUS Craig Connolly
Alex Doyle
John Gaughan
Daisy Maguire
Nella Maguire
CORK CHORUS Oisín Bates
Kate Fenton
Adam Horgan
Linnea Lagerguist
Lochlainn McKenna
TRALEE CHORUS Niall Clifford
Anna Hayes
Eric Heaslip
Christine Meehan
Jamie Sugrue
OXFORD CHORUS Ella Graham
Bryony Neilson
Krishan Patel
Thomas Smith
Jordan Bolli-Thompson
SALFORD CHORUS James Archer
Jordan Bolli-Thompson
Ruth Flint
Conor McKinney
Jenny Tyson-Berry
PORTLAOISE CHORUS Lara Connaughton
Matthew Delaney
Keylan Fawsitt
John Gaughan
Emma Phelan
The chorus were recruited locally in each venue.

Creative Team

Writer Seán O’Casey
Director Garry Hynes
Set & Costume Designer Francis O’Connor
Movement David Bolger with Vanessa Lefrancois
Lighting Design Davy Cunningham
Sound Design John Leonard
Composer and Musical Director Elliot Davis
Music Consultant Philip Chevron
Casting Director Maureen Hughes

Production Team

Production Manager Eamonn Fox
Company Manager Sarah Lynch
Deputy Stage Manager Catherine Buffrey
Rehearsal Stage Manager Nick Chesterfield
Stage Manager Miriam Duffy
Assistant Stage Manager & Props Danny Erskine
Chorus Director Sarah Lynch
Technical Manager Barry O’Brien
Set Construction Theatre Production Services (TPS)
Master Carpenters Gus Dewar
Tony Cording
Costume Supervisor Doreen McKenna
Wardrobe Mistress Amanda Donovan
Scenic Artists Sandra Butler
Jason McCaffrey
Angie Benner
Wigs and Make-up Val Sherlock
Technicians Shannon Light
Pat O’Reilly
John Lynam
Crew Mick McLoughney
Keith Newman
Tim Feeney
Special Props Matt Guinane
Production Intern Ella McNeill
Chorus Chaperone Aine Caulfield
Chorus Casting Manchester David Johnson
Chorus Auditions Co-ordinator Deirdre Looney
Schools Workshop Leaders Thomas Conway
Heidi Vaughan
Transport Trevor Price
Publicist Kate Bowe PR
Cliona Roberts CRPR
Graphic Design Bite! Associates
Production Photography Robert Day
Poster Illustration Owen Smith

Dates & Tickets

Galway Town Hall Theatre 24 August - 7 September 2010

Ennis September Glór Theatre 9 - 11 September 2010

Salford, Manchester The Lowry 14 - 18 September 2010

Oxford, UK Oxford Playhouse 21 - 25 September 2010

Dublin The Gaiety Theatre 5 - 10 October 2010

Cork Everyman Palace Theatre 12 - 16 October 2010

Portlaoise Dunamaise Arts Centre 18 - 20 October 2010

Tralee, Co.Kerry Siamsa Tíre 22 - 24 October 2010