The play is a clever construct-the reminiscences of Billy’s friends and family are interwoven with flashbacks from his life. What was it about Billy Lynch that inspired such love and loyalty? Was he a poetic lost soul or a charming user who disappointed everyone who relied on him?Ĭharming Billy, Bethesda author Alice McDermott’s award-winning novel, has been adapted for the stage by Round House Theatre producing artistic director Blake Robison. But so beloved was our Billy that his pals at work covered for him when he never quite made it back after a boozy lunch, his wife stood by him, and his best friend Dennis listened to his teary ramblings when Billy called in his cups in the middle of the night. Billy, God love him, lived and died drunk. It’s altogether fitting that we congregate in a bar. The best time, best place ever in the country on the planet and at anytime in the future.We are gathered here to mourn the passing of Billy Lynch. What did I care anyways, I was a kid living in Camelot. Not to worry, we had atomic bomb drills at school. Was conspiring with the Rooskies to vaporize my pasty Hibernian Hienie. Sure, sure, there was that Cuban thing where some failed Boston Red Sox prospect Our man, Jerry Cavanaugh was in the mayoralty and JFK Himself was resting his brogans on the desk in the Oval Office.
The coffin ships and the “No Irish Need Apply” were vaporous memories only conjured once a year in early spring. It was a wonderful childhood, a wonderful Irish-American childhood. The best time in the history of the world and the best place to be a kid -Northwest Detroit in the late fifties and sixties. It was the best of times, it was the best of times. Camelot any idyllic place or period, especially one of great happiness.
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