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Drama on One: Wittgenstein in the West

Ludwig Wittgenstein Image Name: Ludwig Wittgenstein

This play took 1st place in the PJ O’Connor Awards 2015

Céad míle fáilte to the world of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

The famous philosopher’s post-War pilgrimage to the peace and quiet of Connemara is proving problematic. He can’t construe the English of the Irish natives, let alone the Irish of his English-speaking neighbour. But who is the mystic and who the moron at the edge of Europe? For, in a comedy which, among many other thing, ingeniously critiques the twin theatrical traditions of Gate and Abbey, of Sodom and Begorrah, it seems to be the case that we never stop talking of things we cannot speak about, or, at least, that we never stop speaking of things we cannot talk about; which is to say, sez he …

The first of four productions in a month-long celebration of this year’s winners in the PJ O’Connor Drama Awards. With Bob O’Mahoney, Maíre Ní Ghráinne and Brendan Conroy. Produced by Aidan Mathews.

Producer : Aidan Mathews
Series Producer : Kevin Reynolds