An original take on a much loved classic, the play condenses the themes, situations, characters and conflicts whilst retaining the magic and charm of the original. Set against a background of secrecy, this middle class family must readjust themselves to a poor life in the country. Roberta (the only Railway Child on stage) must fend for herself whilst her mother sells stories to live. 

Money from America centres round the return of Jack Carey to his home farm from America.  Having subsidised his brother Lardy over the years with money from America, Jack has returned to stake his rightful claim on the farm as elder brother.  However, Lardy proves less than willing to give way to change, having lived a solitary life of poitin-manufacturing with only Molly the pig farmer for company. 

When Jack’s fiancée Phyllis arrives from Dublin to set things right tempers flare and secrets are spilled. Jack is subsequently found murdered after a heavy drinking session with Lardy, and the police are determined to prove that Lardy is the culprit. It turns out to be not as simple as that, however.

On Raglan Road was Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh’s poem about his affair with the beautiful Hilda Moriarty, which was doomed from the start. The son of a shoemaker and small farmer, Kavanagh moved to Dublin in his early 30’s, where he lived in poverty for most of his life, surviving on handouts and the odd bit of journalism, trying to avoid the writer, Brendan Behan, in the process.

A revised version of the play will tour Ireland during October 08 with dates in Cavan, Monaghan, Cork, Kildare, Kerry, Limerick, Dingle and Wicklow with more dates to be confirmed.