In 1604 Christopher Marlow published his historically important play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, based on the historical character of Doctor Jorg Faustus von Haidlberg. His play would become an important part of literary history with an influence that has reached its hand through the years to become such an integral part of literature that we can hardly recognize its full range of influence. The story was retold again by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the 19th century. It is a story of man who has mystical powers and experiences bestowed on him when he sells his soul to the devil.
Today this seems like a mystical and unlikely theme for a contemporary play, but lauded playwright Conor McPherson has created a story so fascinating, so enticing, that it has been receiving rave reviews everywhere that it has appeared. Following the Irish tradition of writing tales of heavy drinking, card-dueling, Dubliners with brilliant dialogue, MacPherson has created a play that is definitely worth its weight in tickets. In the tradition of Marlow and Goethe, MacPherson has created a story circulating around a man who, seemingly, has the devil after him. But this time the shape of the devil is much less mystical and much more down-to-earth.
Mr. Lockhart is the devil among a group of friends who have gathered for a night of drinking and cards on the Eve of Christmas. Well-equipped with as much Irishness as the rest of the men, Lockhart proves that even he is not above a little drinking and high-stakes card-playing. And what high stakes they are! The soul of one of the card-players is on the road to the devil's pocket if he loses, and this is definitely not the kind of news that anyone wants to hear on Christmas Eve. Equipped with verbal duels between the character of Lockhart and his target, Sharkey, the play is definitely a fascinating series of dialogue that is not something you will want to miss.
The story-line centers around Sharkey, a man who has returned to Dublin to take care of his blind older brother Richard Harkin. (Richard accidently blinded himself when he became drunk on Halloween and fell head-first into a dumpster.)The two brothers are joined by their friends Ivan curry and Nicky Giblin and of course Mr. Lockhart. Richard is played to brilliant fuss-budgeting perfection by John Mahoney, while Francis Guinan plays his long-suffering caretaker and brother Sharkey. Alan Wilder fills the role of Ivan and Randall Newsome is Nicky. The part of Mr. Lockhart is played by Tom Irwin.
Deeply steeped in historical fiction, myth and literature as it is the play also draws from the ancient Irish poem The Seafarer, from which it gets its name, it is also partially inspired by the Irish legend of the Hellfire Club. The Seafarer tickets are not only a great theatrical experience, but also a theatrical encounter with literary and mythological history. This is an experience that you will not want to miss, so be sure to get your The Seafarer tickets online while you still can.
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