THE MARINER
by Hugo Hamilton
LIMITED RUN – ALL TICKETS ALL SHOWS €25
Following on from his huge success in 2011, with The Speckled People, the Gate Theatre will present the WORLD PREMIÈRE of The Mariner, by renowned Irish writer Hugo Hamilton as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Directing is Tony Award winning Director, Patrick Mason.
1916 - A sailor with the Royal Navy returns home injured from the WW1 Battle of Jutland in the North Sea, unable to speak or tell his own story. His wife welcomes him back with open arms, but the war has changed him and his mother begins to question whether this really is her son.
As the facts begin to emerge, the conflict between the sailor's wife and mother intensifies. This exciting new play from Hugo Hamilton revolves around loyalty, defeat and freedom. It is a story in which his wife takes on the wisdom from Irish writer Edith Somerville, that 'only true love can rescue her husband now.'
As the mariner slowly relearns to speak, his true identity will be revealed.
Previews from Thursday 25th September
Opening night Tuesday 30th September
Director Patrick Mason
Set Design Joe Vanek
Costume Design Joan O’Clery
Lighting Design Sinead McKenna
Sound and Music Design Denis Clohessy
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Mrs Shanley Ingrid Craigie
Sally Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Peter Sam O’Mahony
Praise for The Speckled People:
'…touching, intelligent, humorous and heart-wrenching in equal measure.'
EVENING HERALD
'…a beautiful, heart-warming book … now a moving and tender play.'
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