OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Liam Lynch 

• Synopsis

  In the psychiatrist's office sits the main protagonist, a clerical worker with the RAF - the soldier of the title, a man who accepts extreme evil as casually as he rejoices in extreme good. In a series of flashbacks, the audience are brought through the case history that is his life.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  4

• Total

  12

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  11 July 1969

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Presented on the Peacock Stage.

Source Of Information

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