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The Play

A performance that featured three short Irish plays from the start of the twentieth century, "Cathleen Ni'Houlihan", "The Only Jealousy of Emer" and "Riders to the Sea", pinned together by Irish political poetry of the era, particularly that of W.B.Yeats. The title of the project was drawn from the beautiful Yeats poem " The Lake Isle of Innisfree", which was one of a number set to music within the piece. Several key themes informed the devising process on the course, including the suffering of Ireland 's Women, the notion of the Irish Hero king and the emerging sense of Irish Nationalism at the time of the plays.

Cast

Cathleen Ni'Houlihan
Peter Gillane (Marc Rose), Bridget Gillane (Lucy Upton), Michael Gillane (Nick Evans), Patricia Gillane (Claire Wookey), Delia Cahel (Alison Hinds), The Old Woman (Rhian Davies).

The Only Jealousy of Emer
Figure of Cuchulian (Leon Cronin), Ghost of Cuchulian (Nicky Wooliscroft), Emer (Oona Jaquest), Eithne Inguba (Clare Harvey), Woman of The Sidhe (Joanne Doolan), Chorus (David Taylor, Karen Davies, Vicki Buckley, Rebecca Griffiths), Body (Phillip Davies).

Riders To the Sea
Maurya (Siwan Morris), Cathleen (Tonya Smith), Nora (Joanna Page), Bartley (Phillip Davies), Neighbours (Michelle Graham, Stewart Strahan, Lee Davies).

Production Team

Chris Lindsay (Stage Manager), Lisa Clunis, Melanie Lawlor, Gayle Davies, Rachel Griffiths, Ben Holdsworth, Lucy Hopkins, Leigh Merrick, Joanne O'Connor, Rhiannon Rosser, Geraint Williams.

Design-Mark Heycock.

Staff

Direction - Jean Foulkes, David Lloyd-Jones, Delyth Chapman, Alyson Thomas, Derek Cobley.
Music Composed By - Alyson Thomas

Wardrobe - Mary Pugh.
Technical - Jeff Lewis, Adrian Hocking.

Course Notes

This course was the first to be undertaken after the departure of Godfrey Evans as Senior Advisor for the Arts in West Glamorgan , and marked the first project undertaken by Derek Cobley as the major director of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Compan