Powerful drama at Market Place Theatre
Generally considered to be Patrick Kavanagh’s finest work, its protagonist is bachelor farmer Patrick Maguire who has spent years at his mother’s beck and call.
When she finally dies aged 91, he himself is 65 and has missed the boat in terms of finding a wife and having a family of his own, a source of acute sorrow and regret to him. Peter Duffy himself grew up on a small Monaghan farm so has a ready affinity for Kavanagh’s material which informs and shines through his absorbing interpretation of the work.
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Hide Ad‘The Great Hunger’ will be staged at The Market Place Theatre in Armagh on Saturday at 8pm.
Tickets are priced £10 and £8 (concession), and can be booked by contacting the Box Office on 3752 1821 or online at www.marketplacearmagh.com