Dublin Carol
From: Thursday, 8th December 2011
To: Saturday, 31 December 2011
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Synopsis
It's Christmas Eve and in Dublin John is sharing memories of his turbulent past, while dispensing wit and whiskey to his young assistant. But the arrival of his estranged daughter Mary shows him the time has arrived to come to terms with not only times past but also times yet to come. A funny, compassionate play from the author of The Weir. Irish story telling at its best, bringing the characters to vivid life with a mixture of lyricism, realism and black humour.
Our Review:
13 December 2011
While the shade of Dickens underpins Conor McPherson’s Christmas tale, it is merely the ghost of a ghost, barely discernible through an alcoholic haze.
In this three-hander from 2000 (a time when the twenty-something playwright was only months away from his own booze-fuelled near-death experience) the Scrooge figure is a self-loathing undertaker, steeped not in greed but in Irish whiskey. He is visited on Christmas Eve by the daughter he abandoned long ago; she brings grave news about her mother, his estranged wife.
In true McPherson fashion, the lost soul at the heart of Dublin Carol achieves redemption through a drink-driven stupor. Rather than befuddling him, the bottle guides him to the light. It’s a questionable thesis, to be sure; but, as usual with this playwright, the overwhelming sense of compassion for the wretched sot neutralises any moral (or medical) qualms. Anyway, we all know there’s a parallel theatrical univers...
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KT - 14 December 2011:
Perfection in miniature...
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Conor McPherson (Author)
Donmar Warehouse (Producer)
Abbey Wright (Director)
Helen Goddard (Design)
Emma Chapman (Lighting)
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