Ireland day 0554. Wednesday 05 April 2023- Tartuffe *

Ireland day 0554. Wednesday 05 April 2023- Tartuffe

Today’s summary	Had a video call with a friend in the morning, then a short walk with Val, then in the evening we went to see the play “Tartuffe” at the Abbey theatre in Dublin
Today’s weather	Grey and overcast most of the day, with some rain in the afternoon. Moderate westerly wind. Appx 13C

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The blue line shows where we walked) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Demesne and Broadmeadow shore with Val

Commentary

(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).

I started the day with a long (over two-hour) video catch up with a friend back in the UK, while Val set off to power-walk round the demesne.

Once we had re-grouped, we had some late breakfast then Val indulged me and accompanied me on her second walk of the day – definitely not a power-walk – back through part of the demesne and out to the Broadmeadow coast at Seabury. I’m trying to pick up the pace a bit and hope to be able to ditch my crutches fairly soon. It was an enjoyable circuit – all the more so because we just made it back to the flat before it started to rain.

Then, after a late lunch / early dinner, we took the spontaneous decision to treat ourselves and head into Dublin for the evening to see a play. We are off to the Abbey – one of our favourite arts venues in Dublin – to see “Tartuffe“. It’s a modern 21st century Irish adaptation of the Molière production of the same name, and according to the blurb:
“The Abbey Theatre’s Tartuffe is a classic dramatic comedy about a hypocrite; a fraud who inveigles himself into a family’s home and heart. Molière didn’t know he was writing about 21st century Ireland, but Frank McGuinness certainly did. We can all recognise figures like Tartuffe, who say one thing but do another behind closed doors. The difference is that, today, Tartuffe uses 280 characters and knows all the best angles for his selfies. “.

So it promises to be an interesting evening out, and we are very much looking forward to it. A good way to round off Val’s three days off work.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Attractive foreground on the path round the cricket pitch	The flowery boat on the entrance to the Killeen Park, which leads through the Seabury estate to the Broadmeadow shore

The bullrushes on the lagoon shoreline have almost completely shed their feathery seeds now, and look a bit messy. Presumably this year’s growth will start to sprout soon, but there’s no sign of it yet	Interesting Erica-like plant with pretty flowers growing in a front garden on the Seabury estate. It smelt disgusting, rather surprisingly (Subsequent research revealed that it is probably Coleonema pulchellum (Pinkii), or “Breath of Heaven”, a native of the western cape of South Africa)

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Curtain up! Tartuffe about to hit the stage in the Abbey tonight. An excellent play, as relevant today as it was when it was launched in 1664