Overview
Character Name
Maurya
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Time & Place
Inishmaan, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1900
Analysis
Maurya is an old woman who has lost five sons, her husband, and his father to the sea. She is desperately trying to cling on to her last son, Bartley, and stop him from taking the boat to the fair today, having seen signs in the stars that it will be dangerous. Her mind is
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