Mildewed Moll starts to show her age

Clare Barrett, Damian Kearney, Des Keogh and Patrick McDonnell in Moll at the Gaiety.
Clare Barrett, Damian Kearney, Des Keogh and Patrick McDonnell in Moll at the Gaiety.

Review: Moll

By John B Keane Directed by David Horan

Gaiety Theatre. Dublin Runs until February 14 Rating: ***

In one respect at least, Moll was a play ahead of its time. More than two decades before Father Ted, John B Keane saw the comic potential in a presbytery with three priests struggling to control their domineering housekeeper. Essentially, however, this ...