Eden (Eugene O'Brien play)

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Eden
Written by Eugene O'Brien
Characters
  • Billy
  • Breda
Date premiered24 January 2001 (2001-01-24) [1]
Place premiered Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Original languageEnglish
Genre Drama
Settinga town in the Irish Midlands

Eden is an Irish play, written by Eugene O'Brien in 2001. It premiered at the Peacock Theatre/Abbey Theatre in Dublin on 24 January 2001, [1] and very successfully was put on in the West End of London and Broadway in New York City. [2] In 2001 the play won the Irish Times Best New Play of the Year Award and Stewart Parker Prize. [3]

Synopsis

The play is centred on an unhappily married young couple living in a small town in the Irish Midlands over a weekend, and is told through perspectives, with many monologues. The husband, Billy, is a frequent drinker who always heads out to the local pubs on weekends. He is infatuated with a younger woman named Imelda Egan. The wife, Breda, has recently lost a lot of weight, and wants to regain the affections of her husband by heading out on the town for the first time in years and meeting him. [1] [4]

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References

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