OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lennox Robinson 

• Setting

  Mrs. Swan's Drawingroom last Sunday Evening

• Synopsis

  Mrs. Swan is an attractive widow with three young and eligible daughters, who flirts shamelessly with the three male suitors come to visit. Her daughters decide that something needs to be done to stop their mother from directing all the male attention to herself.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  3

• Cast Size Female

  4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  14 November 1922

• 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.