OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Christine Longford 

• Setting

  The action of the play takes place over a summer weekend, at Mount Oliphant, a country house in Ireland.

• Synopsis

  A comedy about the fashionable country set whose opinions about themselves and others are exposed by the reading of a personal diary of the 'colossal bore' Bobbie Prendergast. All of them, Bobbie included, are desperate to make a favourable impression on John Bateson, a famous stage producer, but he in turn has no interest at all in being used to further their careers, but considerably more interest in the pursuit of love.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  5

• Cast Size Female

  4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  25 May 1937

• Production Notes

  Furniture by Edward Carroll & Co., Bachelor's Walk, Dublin. Electrical Fittings by General Electric Co., Trinity St., Dublin. Ladies' Tweeds & Jumpers by the Hand Loom Shop, Dawson St., Dublin. Pottery & Pictures by the Dublin Art Shop.

• Producer

  Presented by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

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