The Successful TD

The Successful TD

One of your own –

A vote for Tull is a vote for yourself! 


Based on "The Letters of A Successful TD" and "An Irish Minister of State" by John B Keane.


This world premier takes us to the Trials, Tribulations, efforts and misadventures  of Mr. Tull McAdoo TD to be re-elected in the October Elections to Dail Eireann.


He has roped in the help of his faithful daughter, while his wife  nurses her various ailments in Bed or Lisdoonvarna - but his arch enemy "Flannery" the local school teacher plans to scupper the election for Tull...


Adapted for the stage by Jon Kenny, Mary McEvoy and Michael Scott


Written in 1967, in "The Successful TD" John B. Keane  displays his edge for humour and satire that are uncomfortably close the the politics of today ...  Peppered with Keane's gallery of madcap characters this shows the audience laughing at politics (in a good way) from the start.


Starring Jon Kenny and Mary McEvoy 

Directed by Michael Scott



Vote

TULL

Vote

NO 1

“"Any man with a vote is a man to be respected. I’ll play with them, lie to them, sing dumb about them while I have a chance of a vote. That’s my livelihood. Don’t give me no more stink about the truth. Christ told the truth and they crucified Him…”


“Whatever you do don’t forget the people that put you in because they’re the very same people that’ll put you out again”


VOTE TULL


It took us over a year to create the adaptation. As we all live in different parts of the country , each of us drove about 100 kilometres each day for eight weeks to meet rehearse and finally write the script.


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Tull McAdoo Number 1


A vote for Tull is a vote for yourself. 

"In politics you never know where the danger will come from. You’ll never know the true mind of the grassroots and there’s noting to stop today’s grassroots becoming tomorrow’s councilor and a man who goes for the County Council can be persuaded to go for the Dail. All he wants is enough persuasion.   The Dail is in every man’s head. And why wouldn’t it?  Every man, wants to be part of the power that governs him." 

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