Donal McCann – MRQE

The Nephew

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Twenty years ago, Tony Egan’s sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth. Only days later, her only son Chad arrives, too. Obviously, his mother took a black husband. Soon, Chad falls for Aislin, who has a bit of a crush on him too. But there is an old conflict going on between her father and Chad’s uncle. This conflict resurfaces and begins to draw circles, wider and wider.

Hedda Gabler (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results

“Strumpet City”

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James Plunkett’s 1969 novel Strumpet City. It was RTÉ’s most ambitious and expensive production to date. The script was written by Hugh Leonard, and Peter O’Toole played James Larkin, the union leader.

Screamer (V)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ordeal, she is released into the care of her friends. The police assure her that they have the man responsible in custody, and she begins to rest easy. That is until she sees her attacker wandering the streets of the town. After planning her revenge she follows the man and kills him. This, she thinks, is the end of her ordeal. That is until the man she thinks she has killed arrives at the house she is staying in.

Reflections

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. Cork, Ireland.

Miss Julie

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Adaptation of the play by Strindberg.

The Serpent’s Kiss

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the woman he once loved.

Stealing Beauty

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

The Bishop’s Story

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down.

December Bride

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.