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| The Dublin theatre festival will mark the 60th anniversary of Waiting for Godot with a new production of Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. | The Dublin theatre festival will mark the 60th anniversary of Waiting for Godot with a new production of Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. |
| The festival, which runs for 18 days from 26 September, will also feature a new play by acclaimed Irish playwright Frank McGuinness, a new translation of Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical The Threepenny Opera and the latest play by New York experimentalist Richard Maxwell. | The festival, which runs for 18 days from 26 September, will also feature a new play by acclaimed Irish playwright Frank McGuinness, a new translation of Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical The Threepenny Opera and the latest play by New York experimentalist Richard Maxwell. |
| Though Waiting for Godot didn't receive its English-language premiere until 1955, it was first produced in French, under the title En attendant Godot, at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris two years earlier. The new production by Gare St Lazare Players will star Conor Lovett, one of the most esteemed interpreters of Beckett's work in the world, as Vladimir. His wife, Judy Hegarty Lovett, will direct the play, having previously done so in 1992 for a Parisian production. | Though Waiting for Godot didn't receive its English-language premiere until 1955, it was first produced in French, under the title En attendant Godot, at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris two years earlier. The new production by Gare St Lazare Players will star Conor Lovett, one of the most esteemed interpreters of Beckett's work in the world, as Vladimir. His wife, Judy Hegarty Lovett, will direct the play, having previously done so in 1992 for a Parisian production. |
| McGuinness's new play, The Hanging Gardens, described as "an unflinching and familiar vision of the Irish family", is his first for the Abbey theatre in 14 years, despite recent adaptations of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman and James Joyce's short story The Dead. The 60-year-old's first play, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, premiered there in 1985. | McGuinness's new play, The Hanging Gardens, described as "an unflinching and familiar vision of the Irish family", is his first for the Abbey theatre in 14 years, despite recent adaptations of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman and James Joyce's short story The Dead. The 60-year-old's first play, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, premiered there in 1985. |
| Meanwhile the Gate theatre in Dublin will present Mark O'Rowe's new translation of The Threepenny Opera, directed by Wayne Jordan, and singer Camille O'Sullivan will import her solo version of Shakespeare's epic poem The Rape of Lucrece, originally produced for the World Shakespeare festival in 2012. Four-time Olivier-winner Fiona Shaw will deliver a public address, while the festival also includes work by local experimental company Desperate Optimists. | Meanwhile the Gate theatre in Dublin will present Mark O'Rowe's new translation of The Threepenny Opera, directed by Wayne Jordan, and singer Camille O'Sullivan will import her solo version of Shakespeare's epic poem The Rape of Lucrece, originally produced for the World Shakespeare festival in 2012. Four-time Olivier-winner Fiona Shaw will deliver a public address, while the festival also includes work by local experimental company Desperate Optimists. |
| "What people will see in the festival is the diversity of Irish theatre practice," said Willie White, the festival director, told the Irish Times. | "What people will see in the festival is the diversity of Irish theatre practice," said Willie White, the festival director, told the Irish Times. |
| However, the programme also contains a rich vein of work from overseas, including Australian circus company Circa's Wunderkammer, Portguese collective Mundo Perfeito and Richard Maxwell's New York City Players, who will present their 2010 hit Neutral Hero. | However, the programme also contains a rich vein of work from overseas, including Australian circus company Circa's Wunderkammer, Portguese collective Mundo Perfeito and Richard Maxwell's New York City Players, who will present their 2010 hit Neutral Hero. |
| White also stressed the festival's importance: "The world has changed, theatre is not a broadcast medium like it was before. It still occupies a position, though; it's much easier to put together a theatre production than it is a film," he said, speaking to the Irish Times. "Slow as theatre is, it's faster than film, and artists are alive and alert to the world." | White also stressed the festival's importance: "The world has changed, theatre is not a broadcast medium like it was before. It still occupies a position, though; it's much easier to put together a theatre production than it is a film," he said, speaking to the Irish Times. "Slow as theatre is, it's faster than film, and artists are alive and alert to the world." |
| • This article was amended on 13 July 2013 to make clear that quotes from the festival director, Willie White, were taken from an interview with the Irish Times. | • This article was amended on 13 July 2013 to make clear that quotes from the festival director, Willie White, were taken from an interview with the Irish Times. |
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