This was the second of the three one-acts which I wrote for Yew Troupe/Terenure Theatre: the differences between these two bodies were very important at the time, but there was a considerable overlap of personnel.
I suppose there must have been some influence from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but the story was all my fault. The premise was that the inmates might take over a small part of a psychiatric institution for a small time, and get away with it. The characters were written for Brent Hearne, Johnny Reynolds and Peter Shannon. We had a lot of fun with it. Apart from the amateur circuit in 1986, Professional Help was one of the pieces which we brought to The Irish College, Paris in 1987 (I played Val as Brent wasn't able to join us)
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