The Pitch Cavan Irish Football Club MULTI 4x Cast Hand Signed Theatre Programme

CHAU1504  This is a rare opportunity to secure this eight page full colour theatre programme for this Irish play about Cavan Football Club called The Pitch that has been hand signed by FOUR of the cast including Shaun Connaughton (playright and famous local actor - see below) and this is in mint condition too

The Pitch set in Cavan tells the story of Philly Halton a renowned Gaelic footballer in his own mind. This poignant tale of an old man living in isolation on his own land with forces conspiring to relieve him of the very pitch on which he played his greatest games. The Maguires his bitterest enemies have hatched a devious plot to consign him to a nursing home for the rest of his days.
See what transpires in this ferocious and comic drama of emotion and language.
Shane Connaughton plays the part of Philly with Jack Moylett as Maguire and a young girl caught between the warring factions in this brilliant Irish production directed by Kerry Crabbe.

Shane Connaughton is an award-winning writer and actor who has appeared in many stage and screen productions, including Coronation Street, Mike Leighs Four Days in July and Neil Jordans The Miracle. His screenwriting credits include My Left Foot (nominated for an Academy Award) The Playboys and Dollar Bottom (which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short). Literary prizes for his fiction include the Hennessy Award and the George Devine Award, and he has been the subject of two television documentaries for the BBC and RTE.