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Below is a complete list of events that took place during April 2011.
Friday 1st April 7pm
Joseph O'Connor on RTÉ Lyric fm – 'My Tunes'
Joseph O'Connor is Aedín Gormley’s guest on 'My Tunes'. His music choices link to his novel 'Ghost Light' and include 'The Last Rose of Summer' sung by Nina Simone. Ronnie Drew and The Dubliners version of 'The Twangman' also feature.
Saturday 2nd April 11am - 2pm
Keep an eye out for JM Synge (actor, Stephen Holland) reading from Ghost Light at book shops and on the city streets. Follow Synge as he tells the story of Ghost Light :11am - Dubray Book;11:30am - Hodges Fidges;12:15pm - Gutter Book Shop;1:00pm - Temple Bar Book Market;1:30pm - Winding Stair;2:00pm - Eason's, O Connell Street
Sunday 3rd April 7:30pm
Music of Ghost Light: An evening with Joseph O'Connor and friends
Featuring live& performances from Sinéad O'Connor, Camille O'Sullivan, Steve Cooney, Eimear Quinn, Ciara Sidine, Fishamble: The New Play Company, Robbie Overson, Conor Brady, Pauline McLynn, Peter Hanley, Marion O'Dwyer, Kathy Rose O'Brien, Peter Daly and surprise musical guests. Guest presenter and musical director, Philip King. Early booking essential.
The Abbey Theatre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Booking Tel: 01 87 87 222 or online www.abbeytheatre.ie
Admission €25 (Concessions €20)
Monday 4th April 6pm
The Poetry of John Millington Synge with Dr P J Mathews
P J Mathews lectures at The School of English, Drama and Film, UCD. His main research interest is in the literature and culture of the Irish Revival, including The Abbey Theatre and JM Synge.
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Tel: 674 4806/4873 or email dublinpubliclibraries@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 5th April 3pm
Writers and Rebels
Learn what it was like to be a rebel writer in Ireland with Michael Moylan's children's workshop. Using antiques, costumes and games, become a rebel writer for a day - discover what food they ate, what games children played etc.
Ballyfermot Library, Ballyfermot Civic Centre, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Tel: 1 6269324 / 6269325 or email ballyfermotlibrary@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 5th April 7pm – Rush Library
The Poetry of J. M. Synge
Dr PJ Matthew's talk in Rush's recently restored library. P J Mathews lectures at The School of English, Drama and Film, UCD. His main research interest is in the literature and culture of the Irish Revival, including The Abbey Theatre and JM Synge.
Rush Library, Chapel Green, Rush, Co. Dublin
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Tel: 01 8708414 or email rushlibrary@fingalcoco.ie
Tuesday 5th April 8pm
Deirdre of the Sorrows by J.M. Synge
A public reading of Synge's last play, unfinished at the time of his death.
The Abbey Theatre Rehearsal Room, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Booking is essential. Admission €6 (Concessions €4).
Tel: 01 87 87 222 or online www.abbeytheatre.ie
Wednesday 6th April 3pm – Raheny Library
Writers and Rebels
Learn what it was like to be a rebel writer in Ireland with Michael Moylan's children's workshop. Using antiques, costumes and games, become a rebel writer for a day - discover what food they ate, what games children played etc.
Raheny Library, Howth Road, Dublin 5.
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Tel: 01 831 5521or email rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
Wednesday 6th April 7pm
Gallous Stories and Dirty Deeds - Synge and Irish Theatre by Dr Patrick Lonergan Patrick Lonergan lectures at NUI Galway and is Director of the Synge Summer School. He reviews theatre for 'The Irish Times' and 'Irish Theatre Magazine', and his most recent book is 'J.M. Synge and Modern Irish Drama' which was published last year. The National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Further information: 01 603 0200 or E-mail: info@nli.ie
Admission is free.
Each Thursday in April 2.30 - 5pm
Dublin by Bike Tours guides you through Dublin's literary heritage. Meet in front of National Gallery, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2.
Charge €25. Booking Tel: 086 837 5955 or email: info@nli.ie
Thursday 7th April 6:30pm – Raheny Library
Living in Dublin 100 years ago, James Scannell uncovers the politics and lifestyles of our recent ancestors
Raheny Library, Howth Road, Dublin 5
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Tel: 01 831 5521 or email rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
Each Friday in April 10am
Dublin City Bike Tours will provide a customised cycle focusing on Dublin's literary attractions. The tour offers the opportunity to experience literary Dublin and scenes of Joseph O'Connor's 'Ghost Light' at a leisurely pace, as Synge may have said himself, it's Allgood! Meet in the lobby of Isaac's Hostel, 2-5 Frenchman's Lane, off Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
Booking online www.dublincitybiketours.com
From €20
Saturday 9th April 11am - 2pm
Keep an eye out for JM Synge (actor, Stephen Holland) reading from Ghost Light at book shops and on the city streets. Follow Synge as he tells the story of Ghost Light:11am - Dubray Books;11:30am - Hodges Fidges;12:15pm - Gutter Book Shop;12:45pm - IFI Café;1:05pm - Temple Bar Book Market;1:30pm - Winding Stair;2:00pm - Eason's, O Connell Street
Saturday 9th April 6pm
Juno and The Paycock (1930)
A film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring Molly Allgood/Máire O'Neill as Maisie Madigan, Molly's sister Sara stars in the title role.
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Booking essential Tel: 01 679 3477 or online at www.ifi.ie
Standard IFI ticket prices apply.
Sunday 10th April 4pm
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
A documentary about the writer, artist, poet and photographer, singer and music heroine of Joseph O'Connor. As Molly was muse and collaborator to JM Synge, so too was Smith inspiration, lover and partner to Robert Mapplethorpe.
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Booking essential Tel: 01 679 3477 or online at www.ifi.ie
Standard IFI ticket prices apply.
Monday 11th April at 2:30pm
Curtain Call: JM Synge and Molly Allgood
Sit back and savour this year’s One City One Book, Ghost Light, by Joseph O'Connor. Extracts from the novel wil be performed by actor Stephen Holland. Ballyfermot Library, Ballyfermot Civic Centre, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10. Booking information: Tel: 01 626 9324 or email: ballyfermotlibrary@dublincity.ie
Monday 11th April – Friday 15th April 11:13pm
RTÉ Radio One's Book on One celebrates the best of writing worldwide. This week, Joseph O'Connor will read from 'Ghost Light'.
Tuesday 12th April 6pm
The Language of Synge with Dr Declan Kiberd
Dr Kiberd discusses Synge, the Irish language and the use of Hiberno-English in Joseph O'Connor's 'Ghost Light'.
The Abbey Theatre Bar, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Admission €3/ (Free for Abbey Theatre members)
Booking Tel: 01 87 87 222 or online www.abbeytheatre.ie
Thursday 14th April, 1pm
Dress in the Edwardian Era by Alex Ward, National Museum of Ireland. Alex Ward is curator of the costume and textiles collections in the National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts and History, a role she has held since 2000. She curated the exhibition Neilli Mulcahy – Irish Haute Couture of the 50s and 60s and is currently working on a forthcoming exhibition on the work of retired Dublin designer Ib Jorgensen.The National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Further information: 01 603 0200 or e-mail: info@nli.ie
Admission is free
Thursday 14th, Friday 15th & Saturday 16th April 1:15pm
Synge's Changeling
A performance of love, loss, music, drama and passion highlighting the life of Molly Allgood (Máire O'Neill) - JM Synge's 'Changeling'.
St. Ann's Church, Dawson St, Dublin 2
Admission €5, Tickets available at door.
Thursday 14th April at 6pm
Curtain Call: JM Synge and Molly Allgood
Sit back and savour this year’s One City One Book, Ghost Light, by Joseph O'Connor. Extracts from the novel wil be performed by actor Stephen Holland. Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Dublin 9. Booking information: Tel: 01 8377206 or email: drumcondralibrary@dublincity.ie
Thursday 14th April 6:30pm – Dundrum Library
Homage to Synge
Dun Laoghaire based poet Gerald Dawe follows in the footsteps of Synge, exploring the playwright's literary past and his influence and presence in Dawe's poetic view of places forever associated with Synge's name. Gerald Dawe lectures at School of English, TCD and is Director of Director of Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing. Gerald Dawe has published seven collections of poetry; his 'Selected Poems' will be published in 2012.
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Dundrum Library, Upper Churchtown Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14
Booking Tel: 01 2985000 or email dundrumlib@dlrcoco.ie
Thursday 14th April 7pm
Capital D: My Dublin, RTÉ 1 Television
Joe O'Connor will appear on Capital D: My Dublin, interviewed by Anne Cassin about the Dublin coastline that inspired 'Ghost Light' and visiting some other Dublin locations that appear in the novel.
Friday 15th April 7pm
SHIFT, in which contemporary Irish sound and video artists, actors and musicans, will create a live, improvisatory response to the 1907 'Playboy of the Western World' riots, augmented by the digital model of the old Abbey Theatre.
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Booking online at: www.tcd.ie/drama
Saturday 16th April 11am - 2pm
Keep an eye out for JM Synge (actor, Stephen Holland) reading from Ghost Light at book shops and on the city streets. Follow Synge as he tells the story of Ghost Light:11am - Secret Book & Record Store, 15A Wicklow Street, Dublin 2, 11:30am - Hodges Fidges, 12:15pm - Gutter Book Shop, 1:00pm - Temple Bar Book Market, 1:30pm - Winding Stair, 2:00pm - Eason's, O'Connell Street
Sunday 17th April 1:30pm
John Millington Synge, art and the west
Dr Eimear O'Connor examines Synge's artistic response to the west of Ireland through his own photography and text.
Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Charlemont House, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1. Admission is free but early arrival is recommended.
Information Tel: 01 222 5550 or email info.hughlane@dublincity.ie
Monday 18th April at 2pm
Curtain Call: JM Synge and Molly Allgood
Sit back and savour this year’s One City One Book, Ghost Light, by Joseph O'Connor. Extracts from the novel wil be performed by actor Stephen Holland. Ballymun Library, Ballymun Road, Dublin 11. Booking information: Tel: 01 842 1890 or email: ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 19th April 6pm
The Real Molly Allgood
Professor Anthony Roche UCD gives an insightful account of the real Molly Allgood, the muse of JM Synge, the original Pegeen Mike and celebrated international actress of stage and film.
The Abbey Theatre Bar, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Admission €3/ (Free for Abbey Theatre members)
Booking Tel: 01 87 87 222 or online www.abbeytheatre.ie
Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd April 1:15pm
Ghost Light Lunchtime Readings
Enjoy a lunchtime treat with readings from 'Ghost Light', Irish Writers' Centre
19 Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Admission: €5 Booking: Tel: 01 8721302 or email: info@writerscentre.ie
Discounted lunch at Chapterhouse Café, Dublin Writers' Museum, 17 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 for ticket holders.
Wednesday 20th April 7pm
Ireland's greatest woman - Scenes from the life of Lady Augusta Gregory, a talk by Ronnie O'Gorman, chairman of the Friends of Coole and Autumn Gathering. Ronnie O'Gorman is the chairman of the Friends of Coole who champion Lady Gregory's original mission to provide an 'inspirational landscape' for the Irish Literary Movement. He is also chairman of the Autumn Gathering which explores Galway’s literary past.
The National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Admission free. Further information Tel: 01 603 0200 or email: info@nli.ie
Thursday 21st April at 11am
Curtain Call: JM Synge and Molly Allgood
Sit back and savour this year’s One City One Book, Ghost Light, by Joseph O'Connor. Extracts from the novel wil be performed by actor Stephen Holland. Ringsend Library, Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 4. Booking information: Tel: 01 668 0063 or email: ringsendlibrary@dublincity.ie
Monday 25th April 11.45-12.30, 1.00-1.45 and 2.15-3.00
JM Synge and Molly Allgood
Sit back and savour the novel Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor, as actor Stephen Holland performs a staged reading. Readings adapted, devised and produced by Blackthorn Arts Entertainment.Performance timetable: 11.45-12.30, 1.00-1.45 and 2.15-3.00 in the Motorhouse with the final performance at 3.30 in the Ballroom.
Farmleigh House, Castleknock, Dublin 15. Admission is free.
Further information Tel: 01 8155981 or email farmleighinfo@opw.ie
Monday 25th April 2 – 3.30pm
Dancing to the Tune of J.M. Synge and Molly Allgood's Dublin
Learn to dance in the beautiful surrounds of Farmleigh House's ballroom in an informal dance workshop. A string quartet will fill the ballroom with the music of Edwardian Dublin.
Ballroom, Farmleigh House, Castleknock, Dublin 15. Admission is free.
Further information Tel: 01 8155981 or email farmleighinfo@opw.ie
Tuesday 26th April 6pm
Synge for your supper
Join us for an evening of poetry prose and song inspired by JM Synge.
Booking: (01) 87 87 222 www.abbeytheatre.ie
The Peacock, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Admission €3/ (Free for Abbey Theatre members)
Booking Tel: 01 87 87 222 or online www.abbeytheatre.ie
Wednesday 27th April at 6:30pm
Curtain Call: JM Synge and Molly Allgood
Sit back and savour this year’s One City One Book, Ghost Light, by Joseph O'Connor. Extracts from the novel wil be performed by actor Stephen Holland. Inchicore Library, 34 Emmet Road, Dublin 8. Booking information: Tel: 01 4533793 or email: inchicorelibrary@dublincity.ie
Wednesday 27th April to Friday 29th April 8pm
Timeless Voices
Dalkey Players present an evening of excerpts from the plays and poetry of John Millington Synge, O'Casey, Yeats and Lady Gregory.
The Vico, upstairs in the Queens pub, Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Admission: €10, (8 for concessions).
Booking Tel: 087 991 9261 or email dalkeyplayers@hotmail.com
Thursday 28th April 1pm – Central Library
Living in Dublin 100 years ago, James Scannell uncovers the politics and lifestyles of our recent ancestors
Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free but booking is essential.
Booking Tel: 8734333 or email openlearning@dublincity.ie
Thursday 28th April 5pm
A Ghost Light Walk: Edwardian Dublin - The Lives and Times of JM Synge & Molly Allgood (Duration approx. 90mins)
Guided by Pat Liddy, this walk will focus on the places and characters of Ghost Light. The tour begins at Abbey Theatre and ends at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Join us afterwards for Curtain Call in St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Admission free – Booking not necessary
Thursday 28th April 7pm
Curtain Call in St. Patrick's Cathedral
The love affair between Abbey actress, Molly Allgood and playwright JM Synge is captured in the letters of Molly Allgood. Dramatised readings and music with Joseph O'Connor, Kathy Rose O'Brien and musicians of the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8
Admission free - Booking not necessary
Exhibitions
Trinity College Long Room/The Book of Kells
See the typewriter and camera used by JM Synge; early editions of Synge’s work will also be on display.
Mon – Sat: 9:30am - 5:00pm; Sun: 12:00pm - 4:30pm. (April 22nd & 25th 12pm – 4:30pm)
Admission: Reduced fee of €6:50 with Dublin One City One Book Programme
Theatre at the National Library
Images from the Library's extensive theatre collections will be on display in the National Library's Joly Café for the month of April.
Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7pm; Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm; Saturday: 9.30am - 4.30pm (Closed April 22nd, 25th)
Admission free. Further information Tel: 01 603 02 00 or email: info@nli.ie
Ghost Light: J.M. Synge and Molly Allgood at Farmleigh House
Farmleigh Guided Tour, see rare Synge books and manuscripts from the Benjamin Iveagh Library.
Thurs to Sun and Bank Holidays in April: 10:00am - 4:30pm
Farmleigh, Castleknock, Dublin 15.
Admission is free and booking is not necessary.
Further information Tel: 01 8155981 or email: www.farmleigh.ie
Dramatis Personae: J.M. Synge and his fellow-authors at The Dublin Writers Museum
Books, photographs and other items from the Dublin Writers Museum collection.
Dublin Writers Museum, 18 Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 11am-5pm (April 22nd & 25th 11am – 5pm)
Admission: Adult €7.50 Concession €6.30 Children €4.70 Family €21
Posters of The Abbey Theatre at The Pearse Museum
Playboys, Paycocks and Playbills: Abbey Theatre poster design from the 1970s and 1980s.
The Pearse Museum, St. Enda's Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin.
Mon – Sat: 9.30am - 5:30pm; Sun & Bank Holidays: - 10.00am- 5:30pm.
Admission is free. Further information Tel: 01 493 4208 or email: brian.crowley@opw.ie
A Novel Break
Win an opportunity for you and your book club, co-workers, neighbours, friends or family to meet Joseph O’Connor, author of Ghost Light. Dates available: 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th of April. Post or email your name, proposed location of meeting, group size and preferred time of meeting to catherine.duffy@dublincity.ie or Catherine Duffy, Dublin One City One Book, Dublin City Library & Headquarters, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Closing date: 31st March 2011.
Short Story Competition
To celebrate the choice of Joseph O'Connor's Ghost Light for Dublin: One City, One Book Festival 2011, Dublin City Libraries, in association with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature are running a short story competition for previously unpublished authors, which must incorporate the Ghost Light quote "He was teh sort of man who makes you think the movement of foliage might be causing the breeze". Entries of no more than 1,000 words should be submitted by email to catherine.duffy@dublincity.ie. Closing date: 8th April 2011. The winning entry* will be published on www.dublinonecityonebook.ie and www.dublincityofliterature.ie and the winner will receive a €100 book token.
* Plese note: the judge's decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Synge's Cottage (Teach Synge)
The playwright's love of the Aran Islands has been acknowledged with the opening of the Synge Museum on Inis Meáin, a beautifully restored cottage and a must for all Synge fans.
Teach Synge is open from June-September.
Further information www.islandsofireland.com
Synge Summer School 30 June – 3 July 2011
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
This year's summer school will include a seminar on 'Ghost Light'.
Booking: www.syngesummerschool.org.
