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Galway Advertiser, 6th January, 1983
DRUID TI'imTRE CO
"This production is simply the best I have ever seen...This is the definitive Playboy and it ill behoves anyone in this theatregoing age to miss it. Truly Druid are putting the magic back into Irish Theatre." (Irish Times) "A masterful Playboy... Magnificent...a production against which all future productions must measure t h e m s e l v e s . . . m y only problem in this review is w h e r e t o b e g i n my praise...one c a n only stand back and applaud Druid, the best theatre company in the land with for the unbelivers, a production to prove it." (Irish Press) "A landmark production... A company with the ensemble feel of the Abbey at its best...The p e r f o r m a n c e s a r e all exceptional." (The Times Leaden) "A Triumph...A production ot painstaking detail t h a t is w o n d e r f u l l y refreshing and should not be missed." (SnriayTribwM) "The production has an epk: quality which almost literally at times brought the house down...This Galway ensemble are in the very first rank of Irish Theatre." (Irish Press)
The Playboy Of The Western World
"Beyond doubt this is one of the best stagings of the play in recent years...A triple triumph for Druid Theatre Company." (Evening Herald) "A marvellous performance, startling in its divergence...an exceptionally fine achievement... A p r e s e n t a t i o n of remarkable merit...The production is dazzling in its vivacity." (Irish Independent) "Druid have done it again, s u r p a s s e d their o w n exacting standards and come up with a supjcrb production...Edinburgh and Dublin are in for a treat." (Galway Advertiser) "A powerful production... more than just another brilliant success for this remarkable company and more than just gripping drama--it's an experience...A splendid night's theatre." (Connacht Sentinel) "A marvellous production...this production should rout Edinburgh to delight." (Scotsman) "The production which gave me most pleasure and more provoked my admiration was Druid Theatre Company's Playboy of the Western World." (David Nowlan on DnMin Theatre Festival in Irish
Times)
RETURNS
By Public Demand for 10 performances only
Opens Jan. 12th -- Jan. 15th and Jan. 24th -- Jan. 29th IN THE
BOOKING Powells 9.30 a.m.--5.30 p.m.
JESUIT HALL
(Sea Road) 8.00 p.m.
Druid Lane Theatre 12 noon--7.00 p.m. Jesuit Hall from 7.20 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: * New venue for this production only * * A limited number of tickets held for sale on the door *