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Galway Girl, A

"A minute tapestry cross stitched with rich detail -- invested with a strong strain of uncomfortable truths."

Irish Times

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
A couple sit at opposite ends of a table reminiscing about their life together. Each has a point of view and they rarely address each other directly. They are young to begin with, then middle-aged, then old, then one dies. 

The anecdotes they relate are both humorous and tragic. Their lives seem wasted, yet the wife's muted final gesture of affection conveys a love that endured through years of bickering. 

A critical success in London, Ireland and the author's native South Africa.

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"A minute tapestry cross stitched with rich detail -- invested with a strong strain of uncomfortable truths."

 Irish Times

Premiere Production: A Galway Girl was first staged at The People's Space theatre in Cape Town, South Africa in October 1979. Kaith Grenville directed Ethwyn Grant and Dermod Judge.
  • Casting: 1M, 1F
  • Casting Notes: The characters begin as a couple in their twenties and age through posture, and voice until they are in their fifties.
    The ideal accents are Galwegian for Maisie and Dublin for Dermot. But any Southern Irish accents will do.

  • MAISIE
    DERMOT
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    A couple sit at opposite ends of a table reminiscing about their life together. Each has a point of view and they rarely address each other directly. They are young to begin with, then middle-aged, then old, then one dies. 

    The anecdotes they relate are both humorous and tragic. Their lives seem wasted, yet the wife's muted final gesture of affection conveys a love that endured through years of bickering. 

    A critical success in London, Ireland and the author's native South Africa.

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