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Theatre @ Home Kit – Molly Sweeney

Round out your Performance on Screen theatre experience with our Theatre @ Home Kits! Enjoy podcasts, articles, books, and more, all around the theme of the performance!
Use before, during, or after the show to further the experience!

What to Read:

The reviews are in! See what the critics at The Wall Street Journal and Vulture had to say about Molly Sweeney: A Performance on Screen.

READ WSJ HERE

READ VULTURE HERE

 

Brian Friel said that Molly Sweeney was partially inspired by the story “To See and Not to See” by neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. You can read the story on The New Yorker’s website.

READ STORY HERE

 

 

If you like Molly Sweeney, we know you’ll enjoy Faith Healer, another Brian Friel play constructed in monologue.

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What to Watch:

Check out this interview with our Artistic Director, Charlotte Moore, about directing Irish Rep’s 2011 production of Molly Sweeney at the Long Wharf Theatre…

WATCH HERE

…and this interview with our Producing Director, Ciarán O’Reilly, who acted in that 2011 production as well as this Performance on Screen!

WATCH HERE

What to Listen to:

In this episode of The New Yorker: Fiction, Kevin Barry and Deborah Treisman read and discuss “The Saucer of Larks,” which Brian Friel published in The New Yorker in 1960.

LISTEN HERE

 

Ireland’s RTÉ kicks off Playwrights in Profile, an eight-week series about Irish dramatists, with this episode on the work of Brian Friel.

LISTEN HERE

At Irish Repertory Theatre, we believe that everyone deserves access to high-quality theatre that is affordable and accessible.
We are proud to offer free and deeply discounted access to all virtual programming, particularly during the Covid-19 shutdown, when so many people are experiencing financial hardship.
We ask that if you are in a position to support us, you might consider making a tax-deductible donation in conjunction with this digital event. Your contribution will ensure that we can continue to offer top-quality digital events at low prices, create new jobs for artists and actors, and maintain our operations as we face an uncertain future.

 

 

Want to watch on your TV?

We’ve made a step-by-step guide that may help: read the SmartTV Guide here.

Learn more about Molly Sweeney: A Performance on Screen.