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Saints and Sleuths IV (Now With a YouTube Video of a Performance)
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
by: Center for Catholic Studies

Saints and Sleuths IV, a celebration of Catholic life in literature, this year

Saints and Sleuths IV

The programs, held the last weekend in January and the first weekend in February, feature dramatic readings followed by conversations that begin with scholarly commentary and end with refreshments on stage.

The performances are in the Theatre-In-The-Round in the Bishop Dougherty University Center on Seton Hall University's South Orange Campus, and are free and open to the public.

Performance Schedule

• Friday, January 29, 2010 - 8 p.m.
  Chesterton's The Hoodwinking of Father Brown
  Adapted by John Dandola
  Commentary by Fr. Ian Boyd & Dr. Dermot Quinn

• Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 8 p.m.
  O'Connor's The Edge of Sadness
  Adapted by Dr. James McGlone
  Commentary by Msgr. Joseph Reilly & Dr. James McCartin

• Friday, February 5, 2010 - 8 p.m.
  Claudel's The Tidings Brought to Mary
  Adapted by Dr. James McGlone
  Commentary by Dr. Dermot Quinn & Fr. Ian Boyd

• Saturday, February 6, 2010 - 8 p.m.
  Harland's The Cardinal's Snuff Box
  Adapted by John Dandola
  Commentary by Peggy McGlone & Fr. Douglas Milewski 

Saints and Sleuths IV, now in its fourth year, will again feature the dramatic talents of the Celtic Theatre Company and the literary talents of John Dandola. The Celtic Theatre Company, which for 30 years has presented the best of Irish drama in Seton Hall University's Theatre-In-The-Round, provides the acting talent for the dramatic presentations.

John Dandola, an accomplished writer, has adapted two of this year's four performances. Among John's accomplishments are six mystery novels (the most recent being The Unbound Wind), a biography of John Hays Hammond, four children's histories, three non-fiction books, and the adaptation of four Father Brown mysteries.

Saints and Sleuths IV is sponsored by the Celtic Theatre Company, G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture, Center for Catholic Studies, Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership and the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology.

View a YouTube Video of a performance from Saints and Sleuths IV »

For more information please contact:
Jan Waszkiewicz
(973) 275-2175
jan.waszkiewicz@shu.edu