Cast
- Sive Ruth Bradley
- Mena Glavin Derbhle Crotty
- Carthalawn Peter Halpind
- Mike Glavin Gary Lydon
- Nanna Glavin Anna Manahan
- Thomasheen Sean Rua Eamon Morrissey
- Sean Dota r Noel O’Donovan
- Pats Bocock Frank O’Sullivan
- Liam Scuab Barry Ward
By John B. Keane
Nana and Mena bicker and provoke one another in the small smoky cottage where they live with Sive and Mena’s husband, Mike. While Nana dotes on her orphaned granddaughter, Sive, Mena plots to marry the young girl off to an old local farmer for the promise of land and a chance to escape from poverty.
Written in 1959, Sive has become an Irish classic and one of the nation's best loved plays. It is a story about a battle of generations, a country in flux, exploitation, greed, love and tragedy all told with John B's lyrical dialogue and great Irish humour.
Now in a new production, Garry Hynes directs a major Irish Cast that includes Anna Manahan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty.
Irish Times / ESB Theatre Awards: Best Director – Garry Hynes
‘gripping to the end’- Sunday Tribune, 22 Sept 2003
‘stunning … this production does great honour to the enduring vision of Keane’- The Guardian, 17 Sept 2003