
National Theatre Collection: Translations(2018)
What happens when a land is robbed of its language?
Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural Donegal from Dublin. With him are two British army officers. Their ambition is to create a map of the area, replacing the Gaelic names with English. It is an administrative act with radical consequences.

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