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| 59E59 Theater 59th Street (between madison & park ave.) New York, NY |
Improbable Frequency |
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& Lyrics by Arthur Riordan Director Lynne Parker Set Designer Alan Farquharson |
Lighting Designer Sinead McKenna Costume Designer Kathy Strachan Music by Bell Helicopter |
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play / Comedy previews: opens: Dec 4, 2008 closes: Jan 4, 2009 performances: Tue 7.00 PM Wed | Sat 2.00 PM | 8.00 PM Thu | Fri 8.00 PM SUN 3.00 PM
tickets: $60.00
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Improbable Frequency
is a surreal satire that lifts the lid on Ireland's fragile neutrality
during World War II and cuts to the heart of the tempestuous,
can’t-live-with-'em-can't-live- without-'em affair with its nearest
neighbor, Britain. While war rages across Europe, Dublin revels in
its knife-edge neutrality as the fledgling Irish Free State tries to
remain open for business. A hotbed of political and cultural bohemians,
the city is host to a volatile mixture of exiled intellectuals, literary
bar-lizards, British spies and Nazi sympathizers. When coded
messages, broadcast during an Irish radio-requests show, draw the
attention of the British, a young code breaker called Tristram Faraday is
sent across the Irish Sea to investigate. His enquiries lead him into a
series of deeply improbable encounters, where the truth is more improbable
than anyone could have imagined. RUNNING TIME: 2hrs | 1 intermission |
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