The Field is a play written by John B. Keane , first performed in 1965. It tells the story of the hardened Irish farmer "Bull" McCabe and his love for the land he rents. The play debuted at Dublin 's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as "The Bull" and Eamon Keane as "The Bird" O'Donnell. The play was published in 1966 by Mercier Press. A new version with some changes was produced in 1987.
7-672: The Field may refer to: The Field (play) , a 1965 play by John B. Keane The Field (exhibition) , 1968 Australian survey exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria The Field (1990 film) , a film based on the play by John B. Keane The Field (2018 film) , a short drama film The Field (magazine) , a field sports magazine published in England since 1853 The Field (musician) , stage name of Axel Willner, Swedish electronic musician See also [ edit ] Field (disambiguation) The Fields (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
14-404: A small plot of rented land, nurturing it from barren rock into a fertile field. When the owner of the field decides to auction it, he believes that he has a claim to the land. The McCabes intimidate most of the townspeople out of bidding in the auction, to the chagrin of auctioneer Mick Flanagan, but Galwayman William Dee arrives from England , where he has lived for many years, with a plan to cover
21-472: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Field (play) A film adaptation was released in 1990, directed by Jim Sheridan with Richard Harris in the lead role. John B. Keane based the story on the 1958 murder of Moss Moore, a bachelor farmer living in Reamore, County Kerry . Dan Foley, a neighbour with whom Moore had a long-running dispute,
28-506: The field with concrete and extract gravel from the adjacent river. An encounter between William and the McCabes ends in William's death and a cover-up. Jim Sheridan directed a film version in 1990. Richard Harris received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal. Most characters in the film were different from the play but the film only retained The Bull, The Bird and Tadhg. Some events in
35-463: The late 1950s to England of William Dee's brother Micheál and the birth of his son William there. The return of the character William Dee from England to Ireland in the play may therefore have been inspired by the possibility that the real William Dee might one day "come home" to the land of his parents. The Field is set in a small country village in southwest Ireland . Rugged individualist Bull McCabe has spent five hard years of labour cultivating
42-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Field . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Field&oldid=1180129729 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
49-415: Was suspected of the murder, but the charges were denied by Foley's family. The character of William Dee, who has been living in England for many years, may be based on the nephew of William Dee (also called William Dee) who had been born in England in 1959. William Dee senior lived in the nearby village of Lisselton and was a friend and customer of JBK and so JBK would have been familiar with the emigration in
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