Riders to the Sea
Tragedy in one act · 1904
- EN Recorded in English
- ~13 min
- 7 characters, 110 lines
- ~45 MB
On an island off the west of Ireland, Maurya has lost her husband and five sons to the sea. Now she tries to stop Bartley, her last son, from crossing to the horse fair, while her daughters secretly examine the clothes of a drowned man.
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Characters
- Mauryaan old woman, who has lost her husband and five sons to the sea
- Cathleenher elder daughter, about twenty
- Noraher younger daughter
- Bartleyher last living son
- A Womanone of the island women who come to keen
- Old ManColum, who will make the coffin
- Another Manone of the island men