The Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture is kicking off opening night of this classic Irish play with a celebration in their Paradiso Bar, featuring live Irish music. The play begins at 7:30pm, and the bar opens at 5:00pm. Come grab a pint and enjoy some good craic before the show!

Set in the West of Ireland in 1866, The Shaughraun follows the comical, dramatic, and outlandish adventures that arise when the young Irish gentleman, Robert Ffolliott, is framed as a rebel and captured by British officers. Conn, the town shaughraun (“vagabond”), helps orchestrate Robert’s escape, and the British soldier Captain Molineux pursues his escaped prisoner, following him to the small Irish town of Suil-a-beg. Complications arise when Molineux finds himself madly in love with Robert’s sister, Claire, and she, though hesitant, shares his affection. After a string of betrayals, brawls, romances, and red herrings, in the end our main characters are met with marriage, arrest, and the edge of a cliff.

Event URL: http://athenaeumcenter.org/events/2023/the-shaughraun/