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Dublin Carol
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 20, 2003
Closed Apr 6, 2003
Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Atlantic Theater presents Dublin Carol, written and directed by Conor McPherson. Against the emotionally charged backdrop of Christmas time, McPherson reveals the touching frailty of the human spirit in this tale of the ties that bind an aging funeral director to his young protege, his long-estranged family, and the bottle. The production stars Keith Nobbs, Jim Norton, and Kerry O'Malley.

Running Time: 2 hours
15 minute intermission.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Atlantic Theater Company
336 W 20th St
New York, NY 10011


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Conor McPherson writes more eloquently about the loneliness of the individual than any playwright today. His characters are almost always men who find solace in drink, whom the playwright has made to unpack their souls in confessional monologues that both cloud and clarify their condition. Such is the case in Dublin Carol, a piece with greater depth than McPherson has heretofore shown but without quite the same eeriness that permeated his Broadway hit The Weir. The ghosts that McPherson addresses in this play are more tangible.

John, an aging funeral director -- played by Jim Norton in a subtly phenomenal performance -- stiffly roams the floor of his office while taking his daily doses of [...]


Reviewed by Philip Hopkins on Feb 21, 2003

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