Ireland

‘’There no longer is one Ireland.

Therefore we can no longer have a naturalistic
theatre of recognition. We can only have a theatre
of evocation’’
Fintan O’Toole
Space, time and gender
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‘’Seen by the eye of the mind’’(Yeats)
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Odysseus wondered away from home as a free agent of
time but for Penelope time stood still; she was waiting.
Every day, in the same space,within the same four walls.
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‘’Time is a Man, Space is a Woman’’, William Blake.
Joseph travels from the past to the present, he exists then
and here at the same time `
Outdoor space
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Not inside the famous four walls that Nora frees herself
from.
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Outside, endless space=endless possibilities?or a new
place for entrapment?
The surrounding landscape
It is yet another character ‘’it needs to be present’’ according to
Marina Carr
Hester’s figure is part of the landscape.
Death is part of the landscape(dead black swan=trail of blood in
the snow)
Then and now co-exist by the Bog of cats:the otherwordly
presence of the Ghost Fancier
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A liminal place, a border zone of hidden realms
What actually is a bog?
How a bog is formed?
A bog is formed when a lake slowly fills with plant debris.
Sphagnum moss, as well as other plants, grow out from
the lake's edge. The vegetation eventually covers the
lake's entire surface. Bogs can also form when the
sphagnum moss covers dry land and prevents
precipitation from evaporating.
Midland’s bogs
What is bog slang for?

Noun (usually bogs) Brit slang. a lavatory; bathroom.

Can you sink in a bog?

The bog is called a quaking bog to indicate the instability

of the surface, which will sink slightly beneath a weight. It
is even possible to break through the vegetation into the
water beneath. Both people and animals have drowned
this way.
What is an Irish bog?

A bog is a type of wetland that accumulates peat, a

deposit of dead plant material like mosses and shrubs. ...
Raised bogs – the kind that cover most of the midlands of
Ireland – are found in lowland areas and are much
deeper, stretching to around 8 metres in depth
 Who is Old Croghan Man?
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Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is a
well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in an Irish bog in
June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill,
north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body
was found. The find is on display in the National Museum
of Ireland in Dublin. Old Croghan Man was found three
months after a similar find, dubbed Clonycavan Man, in
County Meath.[1]
Abbey Theater 1998
2001 Chicago Repertory Theater
San Jose Repertory Theater 2001