Friday, 28 October 2011

When Critics Disagree (1987)

This was a compilation based on the works of Oscar Wilde.  I put it together at the request of a cluster of Irish people in Paris (Johnny Granville - of Johnny's Irish Pub (Tigh Johnny) on rue Montmartre, Father Liam Swords - of the Irish College, and my sister, Stephanie, who had been living in France for some time).
I performed the show myself, and I was directed by Lorraine O'Donoghue. 
We staged the show in the Actors' Centre on Ormonde Quay in Dublin - I recall one lunch-time when I stepped out onto the little stage and realised that there was a person in the audience ... just one.
This show was the main reason for the Paris trip that year.  I did it in Johnny Granville's pub, with about a square yard of playing space. 
I also performed it in Loreto Foxrock, but then it settled onto a quiet shelf.

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