A Hatch Theatre Company production in association with Project Arts Centre, 3 – 19 May 2007.
Far away a battle rages and an entire city is turned to dust. Amelia can’t sleep. She waits for news of her husband. He’s a great General and this seems to be a decisive victory. But when the motives for the war start to look disturbingly personal, his wife becomes desperate to hold onto his love.
Martin Crimp’s new play takes Sophocles’ ancient story of marriage and violence, ‘The Trachiniae’, and propels it into a modern world of hypocrisy and emotional terrorism.
Cast
Andrea Irvine
Owen McDonnell
Yvonne Wandera
Judith Roddy
India Whisker
Caitríona Ní Mhurchú
Robert O’Mahoney
Conrad Kemp
Liam Carney
Mark Fitzgerald
Josh Anyaegbunam
Director
Annabelle Comyn
Set design
Ferdia Murphy
Lighting design
Kevin MacFadden
Sound design and composition
Philip Stewart
Costume design
Catherine Fay
Annabelle Comyn’s direction is seamless
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Cruel and Tender – Andrea Irvine, Owen McDonnell. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Cruel and Tender – Conrad Kemp. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Cruel and Tender ensemble. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Cruel and Tender. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
CruelandTender – Judith Roddy, Yvonne Wandera. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
