The Steward of Christendom
OFF SALE
Nov 26, 2013 – Jan 5, 2014
Dunne Family Saga Series
Brian Dennehy battles the epic tides of change brandishing the double-edged sword of memory.
In the wake of Ireland’s bloody struggle for independence, Thomas Dunne is a casualty of a vanished order. A Roman Catholic and former Dublin police officer still loyal to the crown, he is displaced and alone, save for visits by loved ones from his past in a parade of bittersweet reminiscences.
This profound and poignant story is made unforgettable by an extraordinary performance from one of our greatest living actors. Two-time Tony Award® winner Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey Into Night) renders a hauntingly tender portrayal of a loving father and devoted soldier at the end of his life: raging with delusions of grandeur one moment, humbled and begging for comfort in the next.
The Steward of Christendom illuminates with remarkable grace and compassion an important character in Ireland’s past left out of the history books: a devout and principled man and his spiritual quest for consolation and redemption when everything he loves is taken away.
Creative Team
By Sebastian Barry
Directed by Steven Robman
Set Design Kevin Depinet
Costume Design Leah Piehl
Lighting Design Robert Wierzel
Sound Design Cricket S. Myers
Projections Jason H. Thompson
cast
Brian Dennehy
Carmela Corbett
Mary-Pat Green
Kalen Harriman
James Lancaster
Grant Palmer
Dylan Saunders
Daniel Weinstein
Abby Wilde
OFF SALE
November 26, 2013 – January 5, 2014
Mark Taper Forum
First produced at the Royal Court Upstairs on March 30, 1995, by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre. Subsequently produced at the Royal Court Downstairs on September 7, 1995, by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre. First produced in America at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on January 19,1997, by Out of Joint. The Steward of Christendom is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.