One Last White Horse

by Dermot Bolger

Dermot Bolger's surreal play is set in Dublin in the mind of the dying Eddie – a man whose mind has been infiltrated and taken over by heroin. Guided and taunted by the White Horse, his mind wanders through flashbacks of the events in his life which have led him to his nemesis. He is haunted by the death of his mother and the guilty inadequacy of being an unemployed father. The early romance of marriage, baby and home-making soon falls into a humiliating hell of poverty and guilt. His only hero is his older brother Brendan who, unbeknownst to Eddie, has already succumbed to the temptations of the White Horse. The play mirrors a society at an advanced stage of moral decay and spiritual emptiness, a society of overpowering and disenchanted dreams.

This play was originally commissioned by The Abbey Theatre but was withdrawn from print and the script revised. This has not yet been put back in print but the play was given to us by Dermot Bolger in its revised version and this will be the first performance of this new script.  

This production was made possible with the support of Awards for All from the Arts Council of England.

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