Cumann Dramaiochta Ghleanncholmcille are presenting the drama 'The Field' by John B Keane in Halla Muire on Saturday and Sunday the 30th & 31st March 2019. The play will commence each night at 8pm.
“The Field is a play written by John B. Keane, first performed in 1965. It tells the story of the hardened Irish farmer "Bull" McCabe and his love for the land he rents. The play debuted at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as "The Bull" and Eamon Keane as "The Bird" O'Donnell. The play was published in 1966 by Mercier Press. A new version with some changes was produced in 1987.
A film adaptation was released in 1990, directed by Jim Sheridan with Richard Harris in the lead role.
John B. Keane based the story on the 1959 murder of Moss Moore, a bachelor farmer living in Reamore, County Kerry. Dan Foley, a neighbour with whom Moore had a long-running dispute, was suspected of the murder, but the charges were denied by Foley's family.”
