Dallas Sweetman
By: Sebastian Barry.
Publisher: Faber and Faber; Faber & Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9780571244706
Subjects: Reformation -- Ireland -- Drama; Reformation -- England -- Drama
Genres: Drama
Description: "From his grave in the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral, Dallas Sweetman is called to give account. He tells a story of love and death, jealousy and miraculous happenings, of the divided loyalties of Protestants and Catholics in the Elizabethan Age. Before us, his judges, Dallas seeks to justify the actions of his life. But is he telling the truth? And can he be forgiven?"--Back cover.
Notes: "A Paines Plough and Canterbury Festival production of Dallas Sweetman by Sebastian Barry ; a commission by Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Festival with Paines Plough. The first performance of Dallas Sweetman took place on 24 September 2008 in Canterbury Cathedral."