The Tuesday Play: Seven Deadly Sins

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Programme 7: 30th May 2006
SLOTH by Eugene O'Brien

Sloth: n. Laziness or indolence; reluctance to work; reluctance to make an effort. (Middle English, from slow + th) .

Basically it means not doing anything or neglecting to do anything. It's easier not to do anything. If you stick your head in the sand and pretend it's not there, maybe it will simply disappear and you won't have to do anything. It never really happened. Ignore it and the world will simply go away.
But what if someone was in a life threatening situation and you saw it. Someone close to you, someone you loved. Could you blank that out? Could you convince yourself that that never really happened? Because you didn't want to be disturbed, didn't want to be prodded into action.

Jim Norton in Sloth by Eugene O'Brien
Producer: Cathryn Brennan

Programme 6: 23rd May 2006
FEARG le Máire Mhac an tSaoi

Niall Tóibín will star in Máire Mhac an tSaoi's half-hour monologue Fearg (Anger) one of the Seven Deadly Sins featuring on The Tuesday Play on RTÉ Radio 1 tonight. The versatile Cork actor takes on this challenging script which investigates the peresonificaation of Anger in many guises.
Producer: Cathal Póirtéir

Programme 5: 16th May 2006
ENVY by Edna O'Brien

Envy was the deadly sin that Edna O Brien chose as her selection for RTÉ Radio Drama. It tells the story of Mrs. Gentleman as she reflects on recent and not so recent events in her life as she waits to meet with the exotic Madame Cassandra.

Performed by Rosaleen Linehen 
Producer: Kevin Reynolds

Programme 4: 9th May 2006
Greed by Jennifer Johnston

The fourth in RTÉ's Seven Deadly Sins series of monologues is Jennifer Johnston's take on Greed. In 'Sing A Song Of Sixpence', a woman reflects on her lonely childhood following the recent death of her father.

'Greed' is performed by Ingrid Craigie and produced by Siobhán Mannion.

Programme 3: 2nd May 2006
Lust by Bernard Farrell

Lust, written by Bernard Farrell and performed by Mark Lambert, is a nostalgic, humorous look at the deadliest sin of all, at least in Ireland of the 1950s. Lust was everywhere, or so we were told, but when one actually set about the task of actively seeking it out ... well, that was another story.

Performed by Mark Lambert
Producer: Kevin Reynolds

Programme 2: 25th April 2006
Covetousness by Rebecca Miller

Covetousness is the second of RTÉ Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. It is the story of Daphne, a modern, normally-stressed mother who works in the home. One day her life is transformed by the arrival of an unexpected gift. 

Covetousness is written by Rebecca Miller (whose recent film The Ballad Of Jack and Rosie starring her husband Daniel Day Lewis has opened to critical acclaim) and performed by the award winning American actress Julianne Moore (The End Of The Affair, Boogie Nights, The Hours, Far From Heaven, Hannibal Short Cuts)

Performed by Julianne Moore
Producer: Kevin Reynolds

Programme 1: 18th April 2006
Pride by Anne Enright

The first play in the series is Pride which Anne Enright wrote for Eleanor Methven under the sub-title "Until the Girl Died". It is a tale of infidelity and rage in which an ordinary woman tries to tidy up her marriage.
Producer: Cathryn Brennan