{"id":24854,"date":"2026-02-25T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=24854"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:55:57","slug":"jonathan-swifts-hidden-story-brought-to-life-in-armagh-with-new-musical-and-expert-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2026\/02\/jonathan-swifts-hidden-story-brought-to-life-in-armagh-with-new-musical-and-expert-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Swift\u2019s Hidden Story Brought to Life in Armagh with New Musical and Expert Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Armagh\u2019s Market Place Theatre is set to host an insightful performance about the creator of \u2018Gulliver\u2019s Travels\u2019, Jonathan Swift, preceded by an interview highlighting the writer\u2019s connections to Armagh.<\/h4>\n

What happened when Jonathan Swift\u2019s two lady friends found out about each other? \u2018Jonathan Swift: Savage Indignation\u2019 describes what happened when the great writer\u2019s long-time companion, Stella, and his \u2018other\u2019 woman, Vanessa, finally saw through his lies. It had a tragic and dramatic outcome that has intrigued literary and historical writers ever since.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Adapting poems by Swift and Stella, and angry letters by Vanessa, playwright Gerry Mullins has created a stunning new musical about the life of one of the world\u2019s most famous novelists.<\/p>\n

The show will be preceded by an interview with a Swift expert, Dr Brendan Twomey, who describes Armagh\u2019s unique connection with Swift.\u00a0Dr Twomey holds a PhF in Swift’s finances. He was a banker most of his career and now lectures in Trinity College Dublin. He also organises the annual Swift Symposium that takes place in the rectory of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin each year.<\/p>\n

\u2018Jonathan Swift: Savage Indigination\u2019 will be staged at The Market Place Theatre, Armagh on Saturday 14 March at 8pm. Tickets are priced at \u00a315 or \u00a312.50 concession, and can be booked online at www.visitarmagh.com\/marketplacetheatre<\/a> or through the Box Office on 03300 561 025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Armagh\u2019s Market Place Theatre is set to host an insightful performance about the creator of \u2018Gulliver\u2019s Travels\u2019, Jonathan Swift, preceded by an interview highlighting the writer\u2019s connections to Armagh. What happened when Jonathan Swift\u2019s two lady friends found out about each other? \u2018Jonathan Swift: Savage Indignation\u2019 describes what happened when the great writer\u2019s long-time companion, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24856,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24854\/revisions\/24856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}