Da

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Dublin, the 1960s. After Da's funeral, Charlie returns to his childhood home only to find his father's ghost stubbornly unwilling to leave the house or his son's mind. As the events of Charlie's youth and Da's troubled relationship with Mother are replayed, we discover the darkly comic, bittersweet relationships that existed between father and son.

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"A beguiling play about a son's need to come to terms with his father and himself. In a class with the best of Sean O'Casey." --The New York Times

Author Bio

Hugh Leonard (1926-2009) was regarded as one of the foremost Irish dramatists of his generation. Born and educated in Dublin, he went on to write for theatre and television, adapting many novels for both British and Irish television, including Nicholas Nickelby, Wuthering Heights and Strumpet City. While most of his plays were performed first in Dublin, several were mounted in Broadway, including Da (1978) for which Leonard won both a Tony and a Desk Drama Award for Best Play.