Samuel French London serving theatre since 1830

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Title	Sword Against the Sea		Yeats wrote six plays about the mythical Ulster hero, Cuchulain, over a thirty-five year period, but did not intend them as a cycle; Sword Against the Sea, however, effectively combines them into one and makes them stylistically consistent. Dance, music and mask-work add richness to the already beautiful poetry of the text in which elements of Greek tragedy and Noh theatre are ingeniously fused; the adapter has also used some of Yeats’ poems to link and end scenes. The resulting text is close to the spirit of the original works and the author’s larger intentions while making a playable, satisfying whole. Cuchulain: warrior, played by an actor who can dance; ages throughout the play Male Singer Female Singer Guardian of the Well: a shape-changer, female Old Man Aoife: female, ages twenty years Emer: must be played by an actor who can sing and dance, female Blind Man: ages twenty years Eithne Inguba: female, ages twenty years Young Man/Servant.
Author	An adaptation of William Butler Yeats' Cuchulain plays. Arthur Feinsod
Classification	Full length play
Cast	M5 F5
Scene	Simple settings
Fee code	L
On hire	Manuscript