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Barry’s “The Steward of Christendom” is a "freely imagined portrait" of his great-grandfather and is the fifth play in a cycle of plays about his Irish family. Thomas Dunne is the last Chief Superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, which was an organization that was devoted to the British crown and disbanded after the Irish war of independence in the 1920s. Regarded by some as a traitor, Dunne is an aging, broken man, alone and confined in a country home. His solace lies in reliving the memories of his wife, three daughters and a son who died in World War I. Dunne’s way of understanding his world dissolved as the revolution unfolded. By confronting his memories, family, and a changed Ireland, he is a man seeking forgiveness and understanding.
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"The Steward of Christendom" "MAGNIFICENT...the cool, elegiac eye of James Joyce's THE DEAD; the bleak absurdity of Samuel Beckett's lost, primal characters; the cosmic anger of KING LEAR." - The New York Times "Sebastian Barry's compassionate imaging of an ancestor he never knew is among the most poignant onstage displays of humanity in recent memory." - Variety
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Performance Dates and Times: September 6, 2007 through September 23, 2007 Thursday - Saturday 8:00 P.M. curtain Sunday 2:00 P.M. curtain
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On line ticket reservations begin July 1, 2007 through Brown Paper Tickets
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Studio 21's performance venue is
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