By Brian Merriman translated by David Marcus
Saturday 09th September 8pm
Nail on the Head PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
THE MIDNIGHT COURT
By Brian Merriman translated by David Marcus
A one man show performed by GERRY HOWARD
Directed by PAUL BRENNAN
Costumes by PETRA BREATNACH
Written around 1780, Brian Merriman’s comic poem set on the shores of Lough Graney is a classic of early modern Irish poetry.
Sex, the manifestation of a God and a great deal of slagging are all in the mix in Merriman’s headlong masterpiece. Merriman’s crime is that he never married. The women of Ireland have him up before a court in Feakle presided over by the Goddess Aoibheal to account for this outrageous oversight. It’s a tale of women taking their destiny into their own hands – long before referendums were ever heard of!
Join Gerry Howard, as he whirls from Poet to maiden, from Old Codger to Goddess, from harridan to eighteen foot-tall bailiff, exposing the shortcomings of the men of Ireland in David Marcus’s bawdy and hilarious English version! Not even the clergy escape his scabrous wit.
For the first time as a one-man show, the Midnight Court has been ingeniously re-invented.
Running time: 55 minutes
8pm Ticket: €14/11