The Field is a play written by John B. Keane, first performed in 1965. It was adapted into a film in 1990 by Jim Sheridan. It tells the story of the hardened farmer "Bull" McCabe and his love for the land he rents. The play debuted at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as "The Bull" and Eamon Keane as the "The Bird" O'Donnell. The play was published in 1967 by Mercier Press. A new version with some changes was produced in 1987.
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The Field is a play written by John B. Keane, first performed in 1965. It was adapted into a film in 1990 by Jim Sheridan. It tells the story of the hardened farmer "Bull" McCabe and his love for the land he rents. The play debuted at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as "The Bull" and Eamon Keane as the "The Bird" O'Donnell. The play was published in 1967 by Mercier Press. A new version with some changes was produced in 1987.
The Field is set in a small country village in southwest Ireland. Bull McCabe has spent many hard years of labour turning the rocky land he rents from the widow Maggie Butler into a field suitable for grazing cattle. He has always considered the land his own, and dreams of buying it; Butler decides to sell the land at public auction. The McCabes intimidate most of the townspeople out of bidding in the auction, to the chagrin of auctioneer Mick Flanagan, but Galway man William Dee arrives from England, where he has lived for many years, with his...
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