Platforms: Conor McPherson on the Seafarer
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Synopsis
The acclaimed writer talks about his new play which marks his National Theatre debut. 45 minutes
Our Review:
29 September 2006
Do you remember the 1960s Irish singing trio, The Bachelors? Two of them are still around, apparently, and the duet is memorialised, hilariously, at the start of Conor McPherson’s new play’s second act when two drunks launch into a close harmony, nerve-jangling version of “I Believe” on Christmas Eve.
The Seafarer takes its title from an Old English poem about an isolated wanderer lost on the freezing sea with memories of companionship in the mead hall and a sudden rush of perception about the evanescent material world. This state of grace has not yet been achieved by Karl Johhnson’s haunted Sharky, but a mysterious businessman from Howth turns up in this grim Dublin basement to remind Sharkey that he killed a man in the back of a pub one night and that he still “has the hots” for the wife of his ex-employer down in Hinch.
That man, Mr Lockhart, is the devil in disguise and he’s after Sharky’s soul. Sharky has lost his chauffeuring job and is now ...
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213.122.72.17) - 31 October 2006:
Superb production of a very moving and at times humorous play. A most memorable time. The cast are superb, Jim Norton shows us once again what a brilliant actor he is - as a whole near to perfection one can get in the theatre - not one weak link.Enjoy, and be prepared to be moved.TEM...
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