Hot on the heels of Tom Mac Intyre’s Only an Apple comes another new play at the Abbey from one of our foremost playwrights, Tom Murphy – his 17th work to premiere there. The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant features Tony Award-winner Marie Mullen as Arina, the once ruthless but now ageing matriarch of a disintegrating family, whose power and wealth is gradually slipping from her grasp and into the hands of her greedy and conniving son. Family morality is put under the spotlight in an epic piece of theatre that is both haunting and darkly humorous. Connall Morrison directs a large cast which includes such stalwarts as Tom Hickey, Des Cave and Mick Lally, as well as Frank McCusker, Declan Conlon, Ruth McGill, Caoilfhionn Dunne et al. Previews from Wed 27 May and opens on Wed 3 June. www.abbeytheatre.ie
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