Event DEAD
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DescriptionA savagely comic new Irish play by Mike Elliston. Loosely based on Ibsen's last play When We Dead Awaken
VenueThe Space On The Mile (V39), Radisson Blu, 80 High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
First Date6th August 2010
Last Date28th August 2010
StatusProfessional
Primary GenreTheatre
Secondary Genre
    • Derivative work
Source
  • Web: ibsen.nb.no
Organisations
Contributors
_CONTRIBIDSORT_NameName_contfunctIONIDFunctionCharacterNotes
494661Austin, SophieSophie Austin379ActorAdele Fermoy (The Wife)
494662Cassidy, JackJack Cassidy379ActorThe Curator
473625McKeown, FintanFintan McKeown379ActorPauric Fermoy (The Artist)
494663Power, MichaelMichael Power379ActorFergus O'Hare (The Lover)
494664Ryder, MaryMary Ryder379ActorDeirdre (The Muse)
494660Elliston, MikeMike Elliston389Adaptation
494659Verrey, DavidDavid Verrey375Director
426902Ibsen, HenrikHenrik Ibsen386Playwright
Works
Production NationalityScotland
Performance languageEnglish
Further InformationNumber of performances: 22. / Description of Mike Elliston's play DEAD on the website http://www.thedeadplay.com/: / "Loosely based on Ibsen's last play When We Dead Awaken, Mike Elliston's new play creates a collision between art and theatre, artist and high theatrics. Set in Dublin and Co. Wicklow in or around the present day, DEAD pulls no punches with language, insults, profanity and themes of sex and death. / The central character of Pauric Fermoy is based on Arnold Rubek in the original - drained of his youthful energy, enthusiasm and drive, but when he comes face to face with his original muse and inspiration, Deirdre (Ibsen's Irene) the cells that he thought were dead inside him flicker back into life and bring colour back to his cheeks. But with a sex-starved wife and predatory foe who has tracked him down, nobody said it was going to be an easy ride....thirty years is a long time to be away from home. And now we'll see if more than the currency has changed."
Event Identifier93156
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