'Down The Line' & 'The Hunt For Red Willie'

In "Down the Line", the Walshes are a middle class suburban Dublin family. It is the 1980s and Eve and James have reared four children. Almost. In "The Hunt for Red Willie" a local landlord meets his end while in pursuit of the notorious Red Willie. Foul play is suspected and the hunt is on.

Two new plays that premiered on the Peacock Stage at the Abbey Theatre in 2000

Down the Line: Dubliners Eve and James Walsh have reared four children. Almost. They have a son who took off to London, a daughter who can't go any further than the front gates without feeling homesick, a younger son orbiting the planet and a younger daughter who is the family's last great hope. A warm and irresistible story of suburban family life by the author of the award-winning Dublin Trilogy, Down the Line premièred on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre on 28 September 2000.

THE HUNT FOR RED WILLIE

On a remote stretch of bog in County Donegal in 1829, a local landlord meets his end while in pursuit of the notorious Red Willie. Foul play is suspected and the hunt is on. A farcical romp that casts a warm side-long glance at some of the classic plays of Irish theatre, The Hunt for Red Willie premiered on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre on 23 November 2000.