The Love Hungry Farmer
John Bosco McLaine is a man who has never lain down with a woman, buthas hadromantic blood pulsing through his veins all his life.Always an optimist,and virgin in equalmeasure,he embarks on asearch for anideal companion regardless of age, failurerate ordammed advice!... andin a community where advice is ample and women few, he followshisheart in an ultimate bid to procure himself a wife.Oftenreferred to asthe natural successor toJohn B Keaneas Ireland’s masterfulpresent daystoryteller,Seamus O’Rourkebrings to life in this productionthe wistful, blundering, romanticJohn Bosco McLean, matching stride for strideKeane’s fantastic wit and way with wordsinanuproariousevening of laughter, love,hope and desire..
John B. Keane is one of Ireland’s best-loved and best-selling authorswas born in 1928 inListowel , Co. Kerry. He spent his literary career running a pubin Listowelwhich providedhim with much of theinspiration for his characters and ideas. John B. Keane ranks among the great Irish writers. His plays include Sive, The Field and BigMaggie. His Letters series of books were a spectacular success, with The Love HungryFarmer being particularly outstanding