Newpoint Players The Dead by James Joyce (adapted by Sean Treanor)
Book TicketsSchedule
| Monday 09 March 2026 | 8:00pm | Book Now |
VenueArdhowen Theatre |
Price£11 - £15 |
CategoryEnniskillen Drama Festival 2026 |
In the great canon of Irish short stories, there is none more renowned than Joyce’s “The Dead”. In this adaptation, Newpoint have tried to bring to the fore the changing nature of 1905 Ireland, the growing influence of the Gaelic Revival, the changing social balance, the conflicts between Empire and Nation, the important and unsettling Suffragist/Republican movement and the frustrations and disappointments of apparently minor characters, who are victims of class and of persisting mores and values.
A beautiful song is central to the original story. This stage adaptation extends the use of live music and singing as a means of recreating the generally nostalgic but sometimes angry or tortured undercurrents experienced by individuals and by the Dublin middle class society of the era. Many of the characters are haunted by ghosts of the past. And now, for us, they and their environs are ghosts of a long lost time.