Drama On One
Ghostbike by Elizabeth O’Neill (8pm)
“Hearts and flowers hung from the handlebars. A graveyard of bicycles”.
The world of the ghostbike looms closer for David, as an accident churns up memories of an ex-girlfriend, Grace.
Starring Emmet Kirwan, Gene Rooney and Andrew Bennett, beginning RTÉ Drama On One’s Short Form Season.
Sound: Damian Chennells. Producer: Kevin Brew
From Stage to Street (8.15pm)
Presented by Colin Murphy
In memory of one of RTE Radio’s truly great Producers, Peter Mooney – another chance to hear this fascinating series.
The series, presented by Colin Murphy, focuses on the times when what was happening on the Irish stage reverberated on the streets outside.
From the Playboy riots of 1907 to more recent controversies, the series takes a fresh look at key moments in Irish theatre. Why did Lady Gregory’s nephew lead a drunken chorus of ‘God Save Our King’ at the Abbey in 1907? And why, fifty years later, was Brendan Behan to be found leading a drunken chorus of ‘The Auld Triangle’ outside Dublin’s pocket theatre, the Pike?
The panel talk about the players and passions at stake in the most provocative moments in Irish theatre history, and recapture those moments with the aid of actors and archival gems.
Programme 1: The Playboy of The Western World – John Millington Synge
Guests:
Declan Kiberd – Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin
Marie Mullen – actress and one of the founding members of the Druid Theatre Company
Thomas Conway – Literary Manager of the Druid Theatre Company Galway
Producer: Peter Mooney.
The programme was Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence Fee
Producer : Elizabeth O’Neill, Peter Mooney
Series Producer : Kevin Reynolds
RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 7 June, 8.02pm