Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Deadwood Dick

Colaiste Stiofain Naofa Performing Arts Department presents

DEADWOOD DICK

or

“The Game of Gold”

A Rootin’ Tootin’ Melodrama of the Gay 1890s

by

Tom Taggart

(Based on the Dime Novels of Edward L. Wheeler)

A trip back in time to the American Wild West melodramas of the1890s.

Set in the Man Trap Saloon, presided over by Calamity Jane, this is a tale of long lost daughters, stolen gold mines, kidnapped heroines and hairbreadth escapes.

With black hearted villains, mistaken identities and stalwart heroes this Rootin' Tootin' Melodrama of the Gay '90s brings together all the well-known elements of the spectacular dime novel dramas.

Produced by Marion Wyatt Directed by Tim Murphy

The Half Moon Theatre

(behind Cork Opera House)

Opens April 7

for a limited run


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