Then, there's one of my personal pet-peeves which is the attempt to give the actors accents befitting their character. We know the play is in Ireland. I've known real Irish people and have learned how to speak with that accent quite well. I can always hear and make out what these people are saying. However, when you have to train actors to all speak with the same accent and all be intelligible, the result is rarely adequate.
Translations is no different.
All the actors have different Irish accents, and for the most part are intelligible, but other times, the accent is carried too far and the audience has to strain to understand. Of course, there really is not a whole lot that a director or actor can do about this. Seanachai actually had a Gaelic coach for this production, so we have to give them credit for trying. In counterpoint, and to this production's credit, director David Cromer and ensemble, have made an excellent evening out of what amounts to the first half of a romantic epic. There are a number of superb performances here that make the play easy to sit through.