Wired to the Moon (2013)
In Ireland, it seems, you can't go wrong with Maeve Binchy, and these dramatisations of six stories from the 1980s capture the energetic essence of her best work - chatty, often hilarious depictions of the antiseptic pretensions of the middle classes, with their womenfolk forever in neurotic distress.
Each story kicks off with a first-person monologue of a woman in a dilemma, often of her own making. The supporting cast whirls through the blank, multi-purpose set, creating the world as seen through the typewriter of Maeve Binchy.
There are intriguing strands of autobiography mixed with the extremely sharp observations: a freelance agony aunt having an affair with her unhappily married editor, a self-sufficient, virgin journalist who suddenly discovers the rituals of marriage, femininity and sexuality in her late 30s, and a great listener and problem-solver who almost flings herself into an affair but narrowly escapes with dignity intact, protected by an unbridled wit.
Each story kicks off with a first-person monologue of a woman in a dilemma, often of her own making. The supporting cast whirls through the blank, multi-purpose set, creating the world as seen through the typewriter of Maeve Binchy.
There are intriguing strands of autobiography mixed with the extremely sharp observations: a freelance agony aunt having an affair with her unhappily married editor, a self-sufficient, virgin journalist who suddenly discovers the rituals of marriage, femininity and sexuality in her late 30s, and a great listener and problem-solver who almost flings herself into an affair but narrowly escapes with dignity intact, protected by an unbridled wit.
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The Draiocht, Blanchardstown, 12th & 13th April
The Civic Theatre, Tallaght, 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th April
The Civic Theatre, Tallaght, 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th April
The Author: Maeve Binchy Snell (28 May 1940- 30 July 2012), known as Maeve Binchy, was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker best known for her humorous take on small-town life in Ireland, her descriptive characters, her interest inhuman nature and her often clever surprise endings. Her novels, which were translatedinto 3 7 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and her death, announced by Vincent Browne on Irish television late on 30 July 2012, was mourned as the passing of Ireland's best-loved and most recognisable writer.