Putting an absurdist slant on a traditonal father-son tale
Mark Doherty’s 2004 play Trad charts the emotional and physical journey that a dying father and his ageing son take in a bid to secure the family’s future: that their name lives on.
Trad
By Mark Doherty
On Tour
Rating: ***
Mark Doherty’s 2004 play charts the emotional and physical journey that a dying father and his ageing son take in a bid to secure the family’s future: that their name lives on.
Despite the almost-conventional premise, there is more than a touch of the absurd to this play. The one-armed son, Thomas, is already 100; his one-legged father, Da, is so ancient he is ageless. ...
