Set on the border between Leitrim and Fermanagh, this tragic love story weaves together past and present through the tradition of mumming and storytelling accompanied by toe-tapping dance and live music from fiddle, accordian and bodhran. This play tells a story that would break your heart while touching your comic nerve.
‘a powerful tragedy of hatred’- Irish Press, 15 February 1994
‘Maelíosa Stafford’s direction is seamless, Brendan O’Regans music and Ray McBride’s choreography are excellent’- The Irish Independent, 15 February 1994
‘a superbly eloquent and heartbreaking statement about tribal war in the Border counties’- The Irish Times, 23 February 1994
‘…sublime, superb, magical…the best night of theatre I’ve had in more than 50 years of theatre going’- The Sunday Tribune
‘although invariably and unmistakably Irish, it has crossed the ocean to articulate themes of the broadest significance’- The Toronto Star, 10 April 1994
Credits
Cast
Lizzie Boles Stella McCusker
Young Lizzie/ Sarah Boles/ Elizabeth Diane O’Kelly
Jack Boles/ 1st hero in Mummers Play Brendan Laird
Hugh Brolly/ 2nd hero in Mummers Play David Wilmot
