The Sailors Dream

The ICC is delighted to welcome back Dublin’s “New Theatre”, who brings you another great play by the acclaimed Irish playwright Franke Harte. In 2022 the ICC presented Frank’s powerful play “The Laughing Boy”, about Brendan Behan. His new play “The Sailors Dream”, featuring a cast of five, promises to be equally riveting.

Sir John Franklin set out in 1845 with the two best ships of the Royal Navy and 129 crew on a mission to discover the Northwest Passage, a sea route from Europe to Asia between the Arctic and the Canadian mainland. They disappeared without trace. Not a single survivor returned to tell what happened. Driven by the persistence of Franklin’s indomitable wife, search parties gathered fragments of evidence, but not enough to give a satisfactory explanation of what happened.
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The Irish involvement in the expedition and the search was considerable and fascinating. Today a dedicated Irishman continues to search for Franklin’s grave, the last chance to throw light on his fate. Through story and song, history and speculation, Jack Harte brings this intriguing episode of polar exploration to life again and takes the audience on its own voyage of exploration, especially into the enigma of Lady Jane Franklin.

Learn more about the show with Jack Harte on Dublin City FM