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<pre>Molloy by Samuel Beckett [abridged] performed by Conor Lovett
Performed by Conor Lovett
Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett
Compiled from part I of Beckett's novel of the same name, Molloy tells the story of an aging decrepit tramp on an epic bicycle journey to find his mother. Along the way he is arrested for indecently resting, interrogated, released and almost rearrested for killing a dog. Fortunately the dog was on it's way to be put down and it's owner settles for taking Molloy in as a replacement.
Performed by Irish actor Conor Lovett and directed by Judy Hegarty the production has toured extensively and continues to do so. The pair have been praised for exploding the myth that Beckett's work is accessible only to a highbrow intellectual elite and for bringing "out the master comedian in Beckett" (Sunday Times). Apart from very positive critical attention, the show has, through a word-of-mouth system, turned on to Beckett hundreds of people who may have been daunted by the fallacy that Beckett's work is impenetrable.
In adapting the piece for the stage Gare St Lazare Players chose not to encapusulate the whole novel in a dramatic form but rather to introduce Molloy to an audience and viceversa. In this way people who enjoy what they see in the show can go away and read the book.
Gare St Lazare Players Ireland (GSLPI) came out of the original Gare St Lazare Players, an international company based simultaneously in Ireland and France with workshop/rehearsal facilities outside Paris. The original group was founded in Chicago by Bob Meyer in 1983 and moved to France in 1988. Judy Hegarty Lovett and Conor Lovett have been running the Irish operation since 1995.
The company rehearses either in Cork or in Mericourt (France) and premieres work in Ireland before touring internationally. In recent years the company has played in Germany, Holland, Israel, Spain, UK and the USA. Molloy by Samuel Beckett has played over 100 venues worldwide.
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