Sive

A raw and riveting drama,  John B. Keane’s Sive tells the tale of a beautiful young schoolgirl forced into an arranged marriage with a rich and lecherous old man. This hard hitting depiction of a sexually charged world was a scandalous affair when it was first seen in 1959. 

Against the backdrop of 1950’s rural Ireland, the play is colorfully populated with traveling tinkers, bitter housewives and scheming matchmakers. From the same vivid and creative mind that penned The Field and The Matchmaker,  Sive was Keane’s first play and it introduced the country to a powerful theatrical voice that influenced a generation of Ireland’s modern playwrights.

Sive was previously performed by St Brigid’s Drama group in 1990.