THE BIG SEA
The Big Sea is based on the French Medieval Mardi Gras play Le Bataille de Charnau contre Caresme. Christophe, Caresme and Charnau are on a cancer ward. To pass the time they play games. The line between game and reality starts to blur and soon they find themselves on a journey into the unknown: Columbus's journey to the New World.
The Big Sea was first performed on August 3rd 1990 by Galloglass Theatre Company at the Abymill Theatre, Fethard, Co Tipperary, Ireland.
It was subsequently performed at The Riverside Studios, London in 1990
Le Petit Odeon, Paris, December 1991
Chartreuse, Avignon, 1992
Theatre de la Tourtour, Paris, 1993
The Garage Theatre, Monaghan, Ireland 1996
Rome 2002
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"... it is the great merit of the play that it uses theatrical devices to enable the audience to extend and complete its imaginative grasp. It is lucid, emotional and often very funny." The Irish Times
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Published by Oberon Books in Two Plays: the Big Sea and Vinegar and Brown Paper. To order a copy click here.
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