In the hidden Ireland off the new EU infrastructure of motorway and ring-road, two elderly farmers lean on a fence and talk in the low-key code of near neighbours; and the transcript of their talk, which is the text of this year’s outright winner in the annual PJ O’Connor competition, is a little masterpiece of hint and intimation, for these men are more vulnerable than venerable in a country where old age has no cachet.
The Quiet Land is also a master-class, served as it is by a brace of actors - Kevin Flood and Barry Cassin - who’ve accumulated between them a hundred and thirty years of rich theatrical experience. It’s authored by Malachy McKenna, a player-turned-playwright, who’s best known for his film Tillsonberg. The play is his first piece for radio.
Producer Aidan Mathews
There's a little bit of an introduction with Kevin Flood on the occasion of his 90th birthday that gives a little bit of an idea of what being a professional radio actor was like.
I'll remind you that there are a lot of available plays at the podcast tab, some of them are better than others but most of those I've heard are worth the time. How much of TV can you say that about?
Update: Meet The Author
Malachy McKenna in what I guess could be considered a five minute play:
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