PARAIC BREATHNACH   


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Plays by Paraic Breathnach

PARAIC BREATHNACH
Balor
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Physical/Devised Theatre
Piece
Parts:
Male
8
Female
14
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes:
Adapted by Páraic Breathnach, devised by the company
Synopsis:
Balor of The Evil Eye rules the Fomorian race. His first child, Eithne, is born but a druid prophesises that she will bear a son who will kill Balor. In an attempt to deny his fate, Balor locks Eithne in a tower. Across the water, the craftsmen of the Tuatha De Danann live under Balor's tyranny. In a failed attempt to rescue a stolen cow, whose milk never dries up, Conaola, one of the Dé Danann finds and falls in love with Eithne. She gives birth in captivity and eventually her child, Lú, realises his destiny.
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PARAIC BREATHNACH
Buile Shuibhne/Sweeney
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Physical/Devised Theatre
Piece
Parts:
Male
13
Female
16
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Buile Shuibhne/Sweeny is based on the story of the pagan King Sweeny of Antrim, his dispute with the Christian Abbot Ronan over the proposed site of a monastic settlement and Sweeny's eventual descent into madness.
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PARAIC BREATHNACH
Tain
1st Produced:
Expo '92 in Seville, Spain
1992
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
Physical/Devised Theatre
Piece
Parts:
Male
15
Female
12
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A dramatic non-verbal adaptation of the ancient Irish saga 'Táin Bo Cuailnge', the centre piece of the eight century Ulster cycle of heroic tales. The play opens with the wedding of lovers Medb and Ailill, which is marred by a row between the couple that erupts when Ailill produces a Golden Bull as a symbol of his vast herds of cattle. Driven by a need to possess a bull equal to that of her husband's, Medb sends an envoy to Ulster to purchase a famous bull. On their way, Medb's men injure Cuchulainn, the famous warrior, which results in war being declared between Queen Medb and Conor, King of Ulster.
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