OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Nora MacAdam 

• Setting

  The action takes place in the kitchen of the Watson house, Buick Street, Belfast, in August 1855, and over the following three months.

• Synopsis

  A time of change in the Belfast shipyards as they move from timber to steel construction, together with labour agitation, impinges on the lives of local people.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  6

• Cast Size Female

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 May 1940

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.