OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Brendan Behan 

• Notes

  Originally commissioned by Radio Eireann and broadcast in 1952, The Pike Theatre Club staged Moving Out and A Garden Party as a short two-act piece entitled 'The New House'. It was presented as a companion piece to 'The Big House'.

• Synopsis

  The end of an era as the Big house comes under threat from the republicans and the Baldcocks are forced back home to England, leaving the house in the hands of the immensely untrustworthy Chuckles Genockey.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  10

• Cast Size Female

  4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  06 May 1968

• Producer

  Produced by The Pike Theatre

• Original Venue

• Venue Notes

  Premiered at the Pike Theatre Club.

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