O'Donoghue's Opera (1998)
Overview
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
What is O'Donoghue's Opera about?
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998. O'Donoghue's Opera is a Comedy movie, released on 1998-03-07, runtime 37 minutes.
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Directed by
Kevin Sheldon
Cast
- Ronnie Drew as Larry
- Séamus Ennis
- Johnny Moynihan
- Ciarán Bourke
- Luke Kelly
- Barney McKenna
- Bobby Lynch
- John Sheahan
- Marie Grehan
- Francie Grehan
- Helen "Bernie" Grehan
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