OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Declan Hughes 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Molière

• Author Notes

  A version of Molière's original.

• Setting

  The large South County Dublin House of the Purcell Family one Christmas in the early 1970's.

• Synopsis

  A new version of Molière's classic satire on class and religious hypocrisy which relocates the action to Dublin in the 1970's.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  4

• Total

  12

• Cast Notes

  Three Musicians were also used in the original production.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 December 2000

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Produced on the Abbey Stage.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.