PROGRAMME: Northern Star, by Stewart Parker (1998)
€20.00
PROGRAMME: Northern Star, by Stewart Parker (1998)
€20.00
Original Program. As new.
Program for the Field Day co-production, with Tinderbox and Belfast Festival at Queens, of Parker’s 1984 play, staged to mark the bicentenary of the 1798 Rising.
Synopsis: Henry Joy McCracken awaits his execution following his part in the failed 1798 Rebellion. As he prepares his last address to the people of Belfast, he recalls the seven ages of his life, from youthful idealism to disillusion and despair. Each age is represented by a separate scene written in pastiche of the styles of Boucicault, Behan, Wilde, Shaw, Synge, O’Casey and Beckett. Parker explained his motivation thus: “I am primarily concerned with his [McCracken’s] human predicament, but then also with a critical moment in the course of Irish history, a moment which can encapsulate the quandaries and contradictions which continue to confound us.”
Description
Field Day co-production with Tinderbox and Belfast Festival at Queen’s: First Presbyterian Church, Rosemary St., Belfast, 14 November 1998.
(First Production: Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 7 November, 1984)
Cast and Crew of 1998 Field Day Production
Henry Joy McCracken Conleth Hill
Mary Bodle Annie Farr
Mary-Anne McCracken Paula McFetridge
Peggy Barclay Paula McFetridge
Prisoner 2 Paula McFetridge
Samuel Neilson Peter Balance
Edward Bunting Peter Balance
Sergeant of Dragoons Peter Balance
Teeling Peter Balance
McFadden Peter Balance
Interrogator 3 Peter Balance
Jimmy Hope Simon Magill
2nd Orangeman Simon Magill
Warden Simon Magill
Interrogator 1 Simon Magill
Wolfe Tone Sean Campion
Gorman Sean Campion
Shanahan Sean Campion
Prisoner 3 Sean Campion
Thomas Russell Michie Doherty
Girvan Michie Doherty
Haslett Michie Doherty
Prisoner 1 Michie Doherty
Belle Martin Maggie Hayes
Cecily Hamill Maggie Hayes
Phantom Bride Maggie Hayes
Interrogator 2 Maggie Hayes
Director Stephen Rea
Designer Bob Crowley
Composer Neil Martin
Lighting Designer Conleth White
Production Manager Marianne Crosslé
Costume Sherrie Scott-Keegan
Stage Manager Sally McKenna
Assistant Stage Manager Stephen Maguire
Assistant Stage Manager Michael Draine
Set Construction Francis Morgan Sr
Banner Houston Marshall
Scenic Artist Stuart Marshall
Photography Phil Smyth
Technical Support John Riddell
Prtogramme Editor Kevin Whelan
Co-Producer Eamon Quinn
Co-Producer Stephen Wright
