OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Hugh Quinn 

• Setting

  Derrygowan House, Larkwood Villas and Shankill Road, Belfast, between 1936 and 1938.

• Synopsis

  A play about the rise and fall of the McFall family. When Mrs McFall inherits a legacy, the family moves from Sardinia Street on the Shankill Road to Derrygowan House and the the garden-party set, much to the misery of Mr. McFall, who misses his old surroundings. Bit by bit, however, the legacy is lost, and the family descends back down the prosperity ladder until finally they find themselves back where they began.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  7

• Cast Size Female

  7

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 August 1943

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster Group Theatre

• Original Venue

  Group Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, from press cuttings and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.