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Barren Land Productions Present
Curse Of The Starving Class
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Steve Gunn

Where: The New Theatre (at the back of Connolly Bookstore,
Tickets: €15 / 10 concession
When: Mon Nov 30th-Sat Dec  5th @8pm

Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic exploration of the American family psyche. The play focuses on the dysfunctional Tate clan -- the drunken dreamer of a father, burned-out mother, rebell...

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