Synopsis
The time is April 1916 and Timothy Michael O’Brien has promised to wed Maire Kelly, a young woman, who works for the publican Reilly. Two weeks before their nuptials Tim goes off looking for adventure so as to have stories to tell his children in old age.
Indeed, he is successful as he meets some of the most interesting characters he could have ever imagined. Returning
from the far distant Dublin he relates, to his bar mates at Reilly’s,
the experiences he’d encountered, including a meeting with James
Connolly on the morning of the infamous Easter Uprising. Upon his
attempt to march down Sackville Street to the General Post Office, with
the other members of the Citizen Army, Tim was halted by the ghost of
his dead brother Boogs who told him the time was not ripe for success
and that many more Irish, and many more years would be needed before a
victory could be achieved.
Disappointed, but enlightened, Tim is
hopeful that Marie will still have him and they can do their part to
provide the Emerald Isle’s future manpower and resources. Finally, after
an enormous amount of wooing and convincing Tim and Marie come to
recognize and understand the exigencies of the future and their role in
helping to bring about a free and independent Ireland.
About the Author
Jim
Lucason commutes between Dún Chaoin, Ireland and America where he is a
member of New York's Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit. His play
"The Last Rightboy" is presently in development in Ireland.
Many,
many years ago Jim worked at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. At
that time Siobhan McKenna of Ireland's Abbey Theatre had come over to
make her directorial debut of "The Playboy of the Western World" and he
was blessed to have had a miniscule role in the production. Working
with Ms. McKenna planted the seed for his growth as an American born
Irish writer. Around the same time Constance Welch of The Yale School
of Drama took an interest in his talents and continued the nurturing as
he began working with Walter Tevis (“The Hustler”) and then William
Gibson ("The Miracle Worker"). Finally, equipped with an MFA from
Brandeis University Jim set out to hone his skills working as a foundry
worker, coal miner, longshoreman, construction worker, cowhand and
educator.