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Sales have ended for this event. Tickets may still be available at the door.
Thank you for your interest in The Studio's production of Sebastian Barry's "The Steward of Christendom". The show closed on September 23, 2007. Please check our website for our next production at www.studio21theatre.com. See you then! |
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| Description |
Sebastian Barry's "The Steward of Christendom" is a "freely imagined portrait" of his great-grandfather and is the fifth play in a cycle of plays about his Irish family.
Thomas Dunne is the last Chief Superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, which was an organization that was devoted to the British crown and disbanded after the Irish war of independence in the 1920s. Regarded by some as a traitor, Dunne is an aging, broken man, alone and confined in a country home. His solace lies in reliving the memory of his three daughters and a son who died in World War I. Dunne's way of understanding his world dissolved as the revolution unfolded. By confronting his memories, family, and a changed Ireland, he is a man seeking forgiveness and understanding.
"MAGNIFICENT...the cool, elegiac eye of James Joyce's THE DEAD; the bleak absurdity of Samuel Beckett's lost, primal characters; the cosmic anger of KING LEAR." - The New York Times
"Sebastian Barry's compassionate imaging of an ancestor he never knew is among the most poignant onstage displays of humanity in recent memory." - Variety
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| The Studio is performing Sebastian Barry's "The Steward of Christendom" at The Commencement Bay Coffee Company's unique performance venue. Contact the Studio for ticket and performance information: www.studio21theatre.com |
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