Synge, Flaherty and the Aran Islands by MAURICE GOOD The bleak Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland have fascinated many writers and artists, but in particular J. M. Synge , the playwright, and Robert Flaherty , the film-maker.
Maurice Good compares their separate vision of the islands in their own words and those of Yeats, Seamus Heaney and others. with Maurice Good as Synge Paul Maxwell as Flaherty and Harry Webster as Yeats Other parts: ALAN BARRY KATE BlNCHY , SEAN BARRETT
ROISIN DONAGHY , KEVIN FLOOD
DENYS HAWTHORNE , HECTOR ROSS PATRICIA LEVENTON , JOHN RYE
DENIS MCCARTHY -, P. G. STEPHENS and PROFESSOR ROBIN SKELTON
Producer JOHN SCOTNEY followed by an interlude