Following the sucess of its award-winning production of Sive last year; Druid continues its exploration of the works of Ireland's finest playwrights John B Keane. In September, Garry Hynes will direct a stellar Irish cast of twelve in a major new production of Sharon's Grave arguably Keane's most extraordinary play about the struggle between the forces of good and evil and the mythical beliefs of 1930's rural Ireland.
This deeply lyrical folk play, set on an Atlantic headland at the mercy of wind and rain, tells the tale of Trassie Conlee's fight to protect both herself and her brother Neelus from the menace of her ruthless cousin Dinzee Conlee, one of Keane's most extraordinary theatrical creations. And then there is Trassie's growing love for the thatcher, Peader Minogue.

Sharon's Grave
By John B. Keane

Director: Garry Hynes
Design: Francis O'Connor
Lighting Designer: Neil Austin
Costume designer: Kathy Strachan
Movement Director: David Bolger
Sound Design: Scott George (Aura Sound)
Music: Laura Forrest Hay

Cast

Pats Bo Bwee/Donal...Tom Hickey
Trassie Conlee...Catherine Walsh
Neelus Conlee...Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Dinzie Conlee...Frankie McCafferty
Peader Minogue...David Herlihy
Jack Conlee...Michael FitzGerald
Mague...Máire Ni Ghrainne
Moll...Franchine Mulrooney
Tom Shawn...Noel O'Donovan
Miss Dee...Noelle Brown
Old Woman...Sarah Lynch

For more details contact Darragh at Kate Bowe PR on 01 6713672 / 086 267 5018 or Druid 091 568660