Barry McGovern
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In Chapelizod, a suburb of Dublin, an innkeeper and his family are sleeping. Around them and their dreams there swirls a vortex of world history, of ambition and failure, desire and transgression, pride and shame, rivalry and conflict, gossip and mystery.
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"When Sara's boyfriend, Danny, proposes to her, he then reveals that he's the prince of a small country called St. Ives, and they need his disapproving parents' blessing to marry. His sister surprisingly supports the marriage, training Sara to be perfect princess material. Sara must fight to stay true to herself, while adjusting to this new fairytale lifestyle, where love comes with rules and regulations"--Container.
3) Shadowplay
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"1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre...