The Poor Mouth
The Poor Mouth
This was a first for Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company – an adaptation from a novel to a script for the stage. And boy were we excited!!
The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, 'son of Michealangelo son of Patrick, son of Owen, son of Sarah, son of Thomas, son of Maire’ !! born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland. From the front door of this ‘small lime-white house situated in the corner of the Glen’ you could (allegedly) see - Gweedore, Connemara, Galway, the island of Aran and The Great Blaskets!!! Famed as much for its beauty as the abject poverty of its residents, the daily fare consists of potatoes which they shared with a horse called Charlie, a bunch of sheep ‘a slim thighed cow’, a clutch of chickens and Ambrose the pig!! This is a rampantly scathing satire on the Irish, surreal, far fetched, full of fierce pessimism and biting wit – Monty Python before there was Monty Python! It caused an uproar among ‘the gate keepers of Irish tradition’ when it was first published in 1941. Nevertheless ‘Flann O’Brien’s talent for finding humour in the doom and despair of the Irish mindset is a marvel and a joy’.
Original Production
Author: Flann O'Brien
Date of first production: 6 November 2009
Venue: Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich
| Original Cast | |
|---|---|
| Bonapart Ó Cúnasa | Tony Devlin |
| The Auld Grey Man / The School Master / Bonapart's Father | Donncha Crowley |
| Bonapart's Mother / Sitric O Sánasa | Mary Ryan |
| The Inspector / Nábla O'Donnell / President of the Gaelic League / The Policeman | Melanie Clark Pullen |
| Production Team | |
|---|---|
| Director | Bríd Ó Gallchóir |
| Set Designer | Niall Rea |
| Lighting Designer | Darren Willingham |
| Costume Design | Rebkah Coote |
| Production Manager | Gary Kearney |
| Technician Stage Manager | Rory Casey |
| Technician | Marc O Shea |
| Set Builder | Séan Mac Seaín & J Bell |
| Scenic Artist | Lauren Young |
| Photographer | Kiri Barker |
| Translator | Conor Blaney |
Talamh nua a bhí ann do Chompántas Amharclainne Aisling Ghéar – aistriú úrscéil chun stáitse. Agus nach muid a bhí corraithe faoi!
Is é atá sa Bhéal Bocht ná scéal Bonapárt O’Coonasa, ‘Michealangló, Pheadair, Eoghain, Shorcha, Thomáis agus Mhaíre’, fear a tháinig ar an saol i sráidbhaile samhailteach Chorca Dorcha in iarthar na hÉireann. Ó thairseach an ‘teach beag aolbhán neamhfholláin gur mhaireamar ann, é suite in ascaill an ghleanna’, bhí radharc (dar leis) ar Ghaoth Dobhair, ar Chonamara, ar Ghaillimh, ar Oileáin Árann agus ar an Bhlascaod Mhór. Le hais a chéile atá an áilleacht agus an bhochtaineacht sa sráidbhaile. Prátaí an príomhbhia laethúil agus roinneann siad iad le capall darb ainm Charlie, scata caorach, ‘bó na masaí tanaí’, ál sicíní agus Ambrose, an mhuc. Aoir osréalach, lán le doirbhíochas agus le greann géar gonta – Monty Python sula raibh ann do Monty Python! Ba é ba chúis le suaitheadh mór i measc ‘gheatóirí an traidisiúin Ghaelaigh’ nuair a foilsíodh in 1941 é. Mar sin féin, ‘an bua atá ag Flann O’Brien, gur féidir leis an greann a aimsiú i nduibheagán an mheoin Éireannaigh, is bua gliondrach iontach é’
An Léiriú Bunaidh
Scríbhneoir: Flann O'Brien
Dáta an chéad léirithe: 6 Samhain 2009
Ionad: Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
| Cliar Bhunaidh | |
|---|---|
| Bonapart Ó Cúnasa | Tony Devlin |
| An Sean Duire Liath / An Máistir Scoile / Áthair Bhonapart | Donncha Crowley |
| Máthair Bhonapart / Sitric O Sánasa | Mary Ryan |
| Máirtín Ó Cúnasa/ An Cigire / Nábla O’Donnell / Uachtarán Chonradhna Gaeilge / An Garda | Melanie Clark Pullen |
| Foireann Léirithe | |
|---|---|
| Stiúrthoir | Bríd Ó Gallchóir |
| Dearthóir Seit | Niall Rea |
| Dearthóir Soilsithe | Darren Willingham |
| Dearthóir Cultacha | Rebkah Coote |
| Bainisteoir Léirthe | Gary Kearney |
| Bainisteori Stáite | Rory Casey |
| Teicneoir | Marc O Shea |
| Tógálaí Seit | Séan Mac Seaín & J Bell |
| Maisitheoir Stáitse | Lauren Young |
| Grianghafadóir | Kiri Barker |
| Aistritheoir | Conor Blaney |