Translations
by Brian Friel
Directed by David Harris

Performance Dates All performances will be held in the Art Court Theatre. Fri Feb 23   8:00 pm   Sat Feb 24   8:00 pm   Sun Feb 25   2:00 pm   Fri Mar 2   8:00 pm   Sat Mar 3   8:00 pm   Sun Mar 4   2:00 pm   Fri Mar 9   8:00 pm   Sat Mar 10   8:00 pm   Sun Mar 11   2:00 pm   Thu Mar 15   2:00 pm   Fri Mar 16   8:00 pm   Sat Mar 17   2:00 pm & 8:00 pm   Sun Mar 18   2:00 pm

Synopsis

“The old language is a barrier to progress.” 

Ireland in 1833 ~ a land of old traditions embedded deep in the rock and bog.  Ireland in 1833 ~ a land where new ideas and new ways of doing things were beginning to take root.  The hedge school system was on its way out, the new National School System on its way in.  Lessons taught in Gaelic were being replaced by lessons taught in English.  The British military were re-mapping the island as part of the Ordnance Survey and anglicizing the Irish names and way of life along the way.  And just ahead, the potato famine and all that would entail.  It is a world where love can happen, crossing cultural boundaries to a place where words can not meet.