Don’t miss the first chance to see Kilrush Drama Group’s forthcoming production of The Steward of Chrisendom, a 1995 play written by Irish playwright Sebastian Barry.
It focuses on Thomas Dunne, loosely based on Barry’s great-grandfather, the former chief superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, (1932), confined to a psychiatric facility.
The play recounts Dunne’s personal and public life throughout the 1910s and into the early 1920s.
The play is being directed by Mick Byrne and the role of Thomas Dunne is being played by Michael Dunbar.
Integral to the production, Michael is on stage throughout the play superbly depicting Dunne’s shifting moods and bringing Barry’s lyrical monologues to life.
Michael is supported by an excellent cast, the tough warder in the hospital (Smith) played Joe Sinnott and the seamstress Mrs. O’Dea played by Jane Kinsella and his three daughters, Anne, Maud and Dolly are played by Cora Tyrrell, Máire Doran and Olivia Mathews. Matt Kirwan (Maud’s husband) is played by Brendan Doyle and the Garda Recruit is played by Stephen Kehoe, and Thomas’s son Willy who is a boy soprano is played by Niall Kehoe.
The play will open in St. Brigid’s Hall, Carnew on next Friday night, February 15th at 8 pm and will also be staged on Sunday, February 17th at 8 pm, so two opportunities to see this fine production locally before it heads out for eight nights on the drama festival circuit.