The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston :
Opening Thursday 18 August, 1983 with Desmond Cave, May Cluskey, Donagh Deeney, Dónall Framer, Aidan Grennell, Rósín Kelly, Ray McAnally, Gerard McSorley, Maire O'Neill, Godfrey Quigley. Director Tomás MacAnna [.] Design Frank Conway. Lighting Leslie Scott.
[Abbey Theatre].
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| Summary: | Poster features the image of a power plant at right of sheet, while at left of sheet is the image of an armoured vehicle, its' gun aimed at the plant. Written by Denis Johnston [under the pseudonym E.W. Tocher], this play was first produced in the Abbey Theatre on 27 April 1931. The play was set in 1927 and concerns an attempt by the IRA to destroy a Free State government power plant. While the attempt fails, the plant is subsequently blown up by accident. The play covers topics such as nation-building, terrorism and war crimes, industrialialsation and the destruction of the environment. It was seen by contemporaries as a critique of what was perceived to be the Free State government's high-handed attitude to local sensitivities during the implementation of the Free State's Shannon Scheme in 1925. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Dublin :
Abbey Theatre],
1983.
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. Physical description: 1 poster : col. ill., 59.4 x 42 cm. more |
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EPH F1174 |
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Ephemera |