Background of By the Bog of Cats

Marina Carr

            Born in Pallas Lake, County Offaly in 1967

                        Uses this dialect in her plays

           

Father, Hugh Carr, playwright and novelist

Carr and Her siblings would put on plays in their backyard

            Usually had some sort of horror to them

Graduated from University College, Dublin in 1987

            Degrees in English and Philosophy

In-house writer for The Abbey, Trinity College, and Villanova University

Her works are fierce, tragic plays that usually have women as the main characters

            Other works include, The Mai, Hecuba, and Ariel

The Abbey Theater

           

            Founded in 1904 as a national theater for Ireland

           

            Riots

                        1907 The Playboy of the Western World

                        1926 The Plough and the Stars

                                    Building damaged by fires in 1951 production

           

Current building opened by President Eamon de Valera

Production History

           

            October 7- November 14, 1998 at The Abbey Theater (45) performances

           

            May 31, 2001 at the Irish Repertory of Chicago

           

            December 2004 at the Wyndhams Theatre on the West End

           

            August – September 12, 2015 back at The Abbey Theater

            February 15- April 15, 2017 at the Chicago Artistic Home Theater

Place in Irish Theater

            1995- Divorce became legal

Citations

           

“By the Bog of Cats.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Apr. 2018. 

Fitzgerald, Marcella. “Divorce Referendum Passes In Ireland.” World History Archives . 

“History.” Abbey Theatre, 2017.

“Marina Carr Biography.” Enotes.com, Enotes.com.