The Death and Resurrection of Mr
Roche was rejected by the Abbey Theatre but was the controversial
'hit' of the 1968 Dublin Theatre Festival. It enjoyed further
success in London, on radio and television and in translation.
The arrival of the enigmatic homosexual Mr Roche into an all-night, male drinking session leads to brutal violence and a surreal coup de theatre. But the play centers upon the sad bachelor, Kelly, and the inner journey which he has to make into his own sexuality under the shadow of Mr Roche.
A seminal play of the Irish theatre of the Sixties, it is also the drama which announced a brave, restless and probing gift and established the reputation of a presence treasured in Irish writing.
