Eden
By: by Eugene O'Brien
Contributors: Abbey Theatre
Series: The Abbey Theatre playscript series; Abbey Theatre playscript series
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Spouses; Drama
Description: Breda, determined that her recent weight loss will not be a wasted effort, has planned a night out with her husband, Billy. Neither can remember the last time they slept together, but Breda intends to change that. Under the influence of alcohol, however, their date night goes awry, and they find themselves revealing far more than they had intended. 'Eden' premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2001, and was later mounted on the West End and Broadway. Written as monologues for two actors, it explores the disintegration of marital intimacy in an intimate theatrical format.