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Aristocrats
by Brian Friel
When I think of Ballybeg Hall it's always like this: the sun shining; the doors and windows all open; the place filled with music.A family gathers for a wedding at the ancestral home in County Donegal, its crumbling edifice testimony to an opulent way of life that's all but finished. As the accusations and demands of their dying father ring out, his wayward, volatile offspring find consolation in reinventing wild and bohemian stories of the big house in its heyday.
Brian Friel's plays include Philadelphia, Here I Come, Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa.
Cast credits:
Uncle George : Sam Beazley
Tom Hoffnung : Stephen Boxer
Willie Diver : Brian Doherty
Alice : Dervla Kirwan
Eamon : Peter McDonald
Judith : Gina McKee
Father : T P McKenna
Claire : Marcella Plunkett
Casimir : Andrew Scott
Production credits:
Director: Tom Cairns
Designer: Tom Cairns
Sound Designer : Paul Groothuis
Associate Designer: Charles Quiggin
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
photo (Tyrone House, County Galway) by Simon Marsden
Aristocrats finished on: 13 October 2005
