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