Days of Wine and Roses was a 1962 black and white movie directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon in his first 'dramatic' role as a young alcoholic who drags his much-loved wife with him into the swamp of addiction - from which eventually only he escapes. Northern Irish writer McCafferty has relocated J.P. Miller's screenplay to London in the 60's, centring it on a young couple just arrived from Belfast
Days of Wine and Roses was first performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London, on 17th February 2005
Directed by Peter gill
Cast includes
Mona - Anne-Marie Duff
Donal - Peter McDonald
Set Design - Alison Chitty
Lighting Design - Hartley T A Kemp
Music - Terry Davies
Sound Design - Matt McKenzie
“The play explodes the consoling myth that drink is simply a liberating tongue-loosener: McCafferty shows, with clinical accuracy, the lies, self-deceptions, desperation and violence of the confirmed alcoholic.”