T h e C rew

T h a n k s To
Fo l l ow U s

Director

Michael Leyden

Technical Director

Fintan Whelan

Costumes

Mire Hynes

Poster

Mire Hynes

Programme

Damien Quinn

Publicity

Damien Quinn, Fintan Whelan

Music Co-ordinator

Fintan Whelan

Front of House

Caroline Pilkington

Sligo Fleadh 2015

EJ Menswear

Sligo Methodist Church

Peter Mc Carrick

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Yeats By Candlelight

Yeats By Candlelight

Following the success of our Yeats Marathon on Yeats Day in

June, we now present our next contribution to the celebrations

The Cast

to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet William

Butler Yeats Yeats By Candlelight.
This lunchtime show details the life and loves of W.B. Yeats in
his life.
The show begins with Yeats first meeting with Maud Gonne

Damien Quinn

Woman A
Woman B

Orla Mc Sharry
Mire Hynes

and proceeds to share stories and anecdotes of his friends and

lovers. These stories are given context with reference to the
political and cultural life in Ireland at the time, mentioning
Home Rule, the Anglo-Irish Literary Revival and, of course, the
Easter Rising in 1916.
The show is interspersed with extracts from nineteen different
Yeats poems which illustrate the unfolding story. Many pieces
of information about W.B. Yeats are revealed of which many
people may be unaware.

The Musicians

Flute/Tin Whistle Sinad Keaveney

Keyboards/
Guitar/Vocals

Niamh Keaveney

Well known historical figures mentioned during the course of

the show include Oscar Wilde, Charles Stewart Parnell, Lady
Gregory, Countess Markievicz, Patrick Pearse, John Millington
Synge, Sen Mc Bride, James Connolly, Roger Casement and
many more.

For more information, history, photographs and memorabilia

about the Sligo Drama Circle, visit our website at
www.sligodramacircle.ie or join us on Facebook.

The Cast

T h e S h ow

a 55 minute presentation with a special focus on the women in

Man