Eamon Morrissey in The Brother Based on the writings of Myles na Gopaleen
Eamon Morrissey’s relationship with The Brother began when his solo show opened in the Peacock Theatre thirty-five years ago. The hilarious writing of Myles na Gopaleen and the comic talents of Eamon Morrissey combine to provide a piece of entertainment that has endured through the years. If you want to learn at source about the atomic dangers of bicycles, and to understand why ‘a pint of plain is your only man’, then treat yourself to The Brother. Although as Dublin as the stout he consumes, The Brother is understood, and enjoyed, far beyond his place in the dark days of Ireland in the forties and fifties. His international appeal has brought him from Edinburgh to Sydney, and many places in between, as well as numerous showings on television.
Now he is coming home. In these difficult days it is time for a fresh look at The Brother.
