The Silver Tassie

by Seán O'Casey

This sweeping play follows the lives of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France, and their return home. Using all the resources of the theatre including live music and dance, this is an epic staging of one of O’Casey’s great plays.

Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 19 – Druid’s biggest ever company of actors – and welcomes back some Druid favourites including Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty.

‘powerful and poetic production’- The Oxford Times
‘The Silver Tassie…emerges in Garry Hynes’s fine new production as one of the great (anti) war plays’- Irish Independent

Credits

Cast

  • Sylvester Heegan Eamon Morrissey
  • Simon Norton John Olohan
  • Susie Monican Clare Dunne
  • Mrs Foran Derbhle Crotty
  • Mrs Heegan Ruth Hegarty
  • Teddy Foran Liam Carney
  • Harry Heegan Aaron Monaghan
  • Jessie Taite Aoife Duffin
  • Barney Bagnall Brian Gleeson
  • Soliders in France Christopher Doyle
  • Gerard Kelly
  • Elliot Harper
  • Adam Welsh
  • The Corporal Eamon Morrissey
  • The Visitor Bush Moukarzel
  • The Staff-Wallah John Olohan
  • Surgeon Forby Maxwell Elliot Harper
  • The Sister of the Ward Ruth Hegarty
  • Other Parts Played by The Company and Young Chorus (see below)
  • GALWAY CHORUS Lara Connaughton
  • John Gaughan
  • Martin Kenny
  • Peadar O’Goill
  • Miriam Ward
  • ENNIS CHORUS Adam Bluett
  • Aoife Corry
  • Laura Keown
  • Oisín Ó Cualáin
  • Dalian Rynne
  • DUBLIN CHORUS Craig Connolly
  • Alex Doyle
  • John Gaughan
  • Daisy Maguire
  • Nella Maguire
  • CORK CHORUS Oisín Bates
  • Kate Fenton
  • Adam Horgan
  • Linnea Lagerguist
  • Lochlainn McKenna
  • TRALEE CHORUS Niall Clifford
  • Anna Hayes
  • Eric Heaslip
  • Christine Meehan
  • Jamie Sugrue
  • OXFORD CHORUS Ella Graham
  • Bryony Neilson
  • Krishan Patel
  • Thomas Smith
  • Jordan Bolli-Thompson
  • SALFORD CHORUS James Archer
  • Jordan Bolli-Thompson
  • Ruth Flint
  • Conor McKinney
  • Jenny Tyson-Berry
  • PORTLAOISE CHORUS Lara Connaughton
  • Matthew Delaney
  • Keylan Fawsitt
  • John Gaughan
  • Emma Phelan
  • The chorus were recruited locally in each venue.

Creative Team

  • Writer Seán O’Casey
  • Director Garry Hynes
  • Set & Costume Designer Francis O’Connor
  • Movement David Bolger with Vanessa Lefrancois
  • Lighting Design Davy Cunningham
  • Sound Design John Leonard
  • Composer and Musical Director Elliot Davis
  • Music Consultant Philip Chevron
  • Casting Director Maureen Hughes

Production Team

  • Production Manager Eamonn Fox
  • Company Manager Sarah Lynch
  • Deputy Stage Manager Catherine Buffrey
  • Rehearsal Stage Manager Nick Chesterfield
  • Stage Manager Miriam Duffy
  • Assistant Stage Manager & Props Danny Erskine
  • Chorus Director Sarah Lynch
  • Technical Manager Barry O’Brien
  • Set Construction Theatre Production Services (TPS)
  • Master Carpenters Gus Dewar
  • Tony Cording
  • Costume Supervisor Doreen McKenna
  • Wardrobe Mistress Amanda Donovan
  • Scenic Artists Sandra Butler
  • Jason McCaffrey
  • Angie Benner
  • Wigs and Make-up Val Sherlock
  • Technicians Shannon Light
  • Pat O’Reilly
  • John Lynam
  • Crew Mick McLoughney
  • Keith Newman
  • Tim Feeney
  • Special Props Matt Guinane
  • Production Intern Ella McNeill
  • Chorus Chaperone Aine Caulfield
  • Chorus Casting Manchester David Johnson
  • Chorus Auditions Co-ordinator Deirdre Looney
  • Schools Workshop Leaders Thomas Conway
  • Heidi Vaughan
  • Transport Trevor Price
  • Publicist Kate Bowe PR
  • Cliona Roberts CRPR
  • Graphic Design Bite! Associates
  • Production Photography Robert Day
  • Poster Illustration Owen Smith