Written in 1990 and set in Ballybeg, Co. Donegal in 1936, the play revolves around the mundane lives of the five Mundy sisters Kate, Maggie, Agnes, Rose and Chris.It is through the eyes of the now grown-up Michael, Chris’s illegitimate son, that we are transported back to the August of 1936 and to the Celtic […]

Brian Friel: “Dancing at Lughnasa”   English-Theater seit 30 Jahren (PLUS Nr. 3, 03/1997) “Neun Studierende der Uni Salzburg – und zwar verschiedener Studienrichtungen – bilden die English Drama Group 1997…. Lackenbauer: „Wir zeigen spielend, und diesmal auch tanzend, wie viel Kulturarbeit an der Uni Salzburg geleistet wird“.” Gruppenbild mit fünf Frauen (Salzburger Nachrichten, 08/04/1997) […]

East Anglia,1907, a small seaside community. A tempestuous storm rages on the sea and one of the most well-known and loved members of the community dies. The play explores the reactions of the villagers to this tragedy. Two young lovers try to break away from the hierarchical small town society, while the draper’s already precarious […]