OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Patricia O'Connor
Setting
The living room behind the Conovan's shop in the little town of Gleneden. The present.
Synopsis
Obsessive, controlling teacher Rosina Sweeney exercises rigid authority over her primary school pupils in a small town Catholic school, believing that the sins of the father should be visited on their children. When Nellie Donovan, daughter of a Catholic convert, inadvertently breaks Miss Sweeney's rules over the length of a confirmation dress, the incident becomes the catalyst for a series of far larger events, spiralling until the whole community is involved in the dispute. Only when the local bishop is called can the situation be resolved.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
Full-Length
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Cast Size Male
5
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Cast Size Female
8
UNPUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Contact
Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of Northern Ireland
Address
The Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North
Belfast BT1 5GB
Northern Ireland
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Information for this entry was taken from the published script, from press cuttings, and from the original production programme held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.
