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Article: Mother Ireland played to the lilt. (theater review)
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2002
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Byline: PATRICK MARMION
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls Watermill, Newbury
FOR soft-centred, Irish sentiment, you'll struggle to beat Ade Morris's fantastically nostalgic vision of Old Mother Ireland, inspired by a Bryan Gallagher short story that he heard on Radio 4.
You can practically smell the peat smoke and hear the squelch of the bog underfoot in this misty-eyed and eye-misting tale of an old woman called Madelyn, once the loveliest creature on the banks of Loch Erne. The saccharine tragedy that unfolds is a doting yarn of unrequited love, foiled by a jealous, pugilistic brother.
Ade Morris establishes himself as a talented ...