Celia de Fréine
Brian Berryman’s The Midnight Court
ISBN:
9781851320554 limited edition
9781851320561
Cúirt an Mheán Oíche : The Midnight Court, a poem of approximately 1,000 lines written by Brian Merriman in or around 1780, is unique in Irish literature. Drawing its inspiration from the Aisling, the Irish vision-poem, and from the European Courts of Love which date from the Middle Ages, it gives a bawdy account of society in late eighteenth century Ireland.
This translation and dramatisation of Cúirt an Mheán Oíche was first performed by the Dublin Shakespeare Society, as part of their centenary celebration, at Club 36, Dublin, in May, 2007.
Celia de Fréine is a poet, playwright, screenwriter and librettist who writes in Irish and English. Among her collections of poetry are: Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (2001) and Fiacha Fola (2004) from Cló Iar-Chonnachta; Scarecrows at Newtownards (Scotus Press, 2005); imram ¦ odyssey (2010) and Aibitír Aoise ¦ Alphabet of An Age (2011) from Arlen House. Her poetry has won many awards including the Patrick Kavanagh Award (1994) and Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta (2004). She has four times won Duais an Oireachtais for best full-length play. Arlen House published three of these plays in Mná Dána (2009). In the same year the Abbey Theatre presented a rehearsed reading of her play Casadh which it had commissioned. The short films Lorg, Seal and Cluiche, inspired by her poems, have been shown in festivals in Ireland and the US. In association with Biju Viswanath, she wrote the film Marathon which won best screenplay award at the New York International Film Festival in 2009. Also in 2009 Living Opera, in association with Opera Ireland, presented a showcase performance of the opera The Earl of Kildare, composed by Fergus Johnston, for which she wrote the libretto. Further information: www.celiadefreine.com
Is file, drámadóir, scriptscríbhneoir agus leabhrógaí í Celia de Fréine. Tá cúig leabhar filíochta i gcló aici: Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (2001) agus Fiacha Fola (2004) ó Chló Iar-Chonnachta, Scarecrows at Newtownards (Scotus Press, 2005); imram ¦ odyssey (2010) agus Aibitír Aoise ¦ Alphabet of An Age (2011) ó Arlen House. I measc na ngradam liteartha atá buaite aici dá cuid filíochta tá Duais Patrick Kavanagh (1994) agus Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta (2004). Bhain sí Duais an Oireachtais do dhráma ilghníomh ceithre huaire. D’fhoilsigh Arlen House trí cinn de na drámaí seo in Mná Dána i 2009. Sa bhliain chéanna chuir Amharclann na Mainistreach i láthair léiriú cleachta den dráma Casadh a coimisiúnaíodh uaithi. Taispeánadh na gearrscannáin Lorg, Seal agus Cluiche, bunaithe ar dhánta léi, i bhféilte in Éirinn agus i Meiriceá i 2007 agus 2008. I gcomhar le Biju Viswanath scríobh sí an scannán Marathon a bhain an duais don script is fearr ag Féile Idirnáisiúnta Scannán Nua-Eabhrac i 2009. Sa bhliain 2009 léirigh Living Opera, i gcomhar le Opera Ireland, taispeántas den cheoldráma The Earl of Kildare, cumtha ag Fergus Johnston, ar scríobh sí an leabhróg dó. Tuilleadh eolais: www.celiadefreine.com