{"id":175,"date":"2024-07-29T22:16:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T22:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2024-07-29T22:16:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T22:16:25","slug":"da-by-hugh-leonard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/da-by-hugh-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Da by Hugh Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cDa\u201d is a tightly constructed, one-set memory play, a traditional theatrical form, made popular by Tenessee William\u2019s \u201cThe Glass Menagerie\u201d, in which adult narrators look back on their younger selves in a life-changing moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The action takes place in the small claustrophobic house, in the Dublin suburb of Dalkey, where Charlie grew up. Charlie has come home from London to bury his foster father. While clearing away some papers and junk, Da butts into Charlie\u2019s mind with unasked for advice and truisms, with offers of nice cups of tea and with biased recollections of events that are still painful to the middle-aged Charlie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Da isn\u2019t rewriting history to his own advantage, he settles back in his easy chair and offers the kind of platitudes that earlier helped to drive Charlie from Ireland. \u201cIf the old heart hadn\u2019t given out on me the evening before last\u201d, Da observes with his usual cheery sagacity, \u201cI\u2019d still be alive today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAST:<\/strong>CHARLIE (NOW) \u2013 Tony Matthews, OLIVER \u2013 Noel Gaskin, DA \u2013 Charles Clinton, MOTHER \u2013 Linda Kinsella, CHARLIE (THEN) \u2013 Chris Galvin, DRUMM \u2013 John T Smyth, THE YELLOW PERIL \u2013 Lucy Mannion, MRS PRYNNE \u2013 Colette Murphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRODUCTION:<\/strong>DIRECTOR \u2013 Moira Walsh, PRODUCTION\/SET \u2013 Joe McPartlin, STAGE MANAGER \u2013 Orla Morgan, ASM \u2013 Ann Clinton, Denise Guiney, MAKE-UP \u2013 Dick Tobin, SET BUILDER \u2013 Sean Heney, LIGHTING \u2013 Barry Donaldson, POSTER \u2013 Helen Mulvany, PHOTOGRAPHER \u2013 Marius Tatu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cDa\u201d is a tightly constructed, one-set memory play, a traditional theatrical form, made popular by Tenessee William\u2019s \u201cThe Glass Menagerie\u201d, in which adult narrators look back on their younger selves in a life-changing moment. The action takes place in the small claustrophobic house, in the Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandyfordlittletheatre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}