OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  M.F. Scott 

• Notes

  The cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere productions. As such, they should be taken as approximate.

• Synopsis

  A short play on the issue of naming, in which Mrs. Fogarty and Mrs. Rooney fall out over the name to be given to their grandson. As the discussion becomes more heated, each reveals her thinking on the family of the other and home truths are inadvertently blurted out, until, in a dramatic ending, a neighbour enters to announce the sudden tragic death of the child.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  2

• Cast Size Female

  2

• Cast Notes

  4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  09 December 1912

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Grand Opera House
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

Information for this entry has come from reviews of the premiere production, and from Margaret McHenry's 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland'.