Patrick Mason discusses ' By the Bog of Cats' by Marina Carr.
Patrick Mason was artistic director of the Abbey from 1993 to 1999. Here he talks about one of the productions staged during his tenure, 'By the Bog of Cats' by Marina Carr in 1998.
This was Carr's first play to be performed on the main Abbey stage. Previous works had been shown on the theatre's smaller Peacock stage and Mason felt it was time to try something on a larger scale. Carr's fascination with the Greek Medea, who kills her children, was transformed into 'By the Bog of Cats', with a grotesque and gothic catwoman haunting the bog.
| Title: | Marina Carr |
| Clip Duration: | 00:02:18 |
| Material Type: | Audio |
| Clip Title: | Grotesque and Gothic Catwoman Haunts the Bog |
| Series Title: | Playwrights in Profile |
| Information: | 'Playwrights in Profile' was two series of radio programmes about Irish playwrights, broadcast in the spring and autumn of 2007. Each programme focused on the work of one playwright, with presenter Seán Rocks speaking to the playwright and theatre practitioners closely associated with their work. The accompanying image shows Olwen Fouéré and Joan O’Hara in the Abbey's 1998 production of 'By the Bog of Cats' by Marina Carr. Photograph by Amelia Stein courtesy of the Abbey Theatre. |
| Local Keywords: | Abbey Theatre, Drama, Literature, Plays, Playwrights, Artistic Directors, Marina Carr, Patrick Mason, By the Bog of Cats, Seán Rocks, Playwrights in Profile |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Arts and Culture |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Seán Rocks (Presenter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ Radio One |
| Production Year: | 2007 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | RCD 230907 Disc 2 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Language: | English (eng) |
