OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde)
Setting
Cistean tí bhig, lár na 19ú aoise
Synopsis
A short play about Martin and Mary, a desperately poor pair of newly-weds with scarcely a penny with which to even celebrate their own wedding day. As they sit to eat on their first day of married life, a blind old fiddler comes to the door looking for food. Though barely able to feed themselves, the couple share what little they have with the stranger, who turns out to be none other than the famous poet Raftery. Raftery repays their kindness by using his music to lure the neighbours into house, each one (almost!) bearing generous wedding gifts for the young couple. And yet how is Raftery managing to work this miracle – having died three days previously?
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
One Act
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Cast Size Male
3
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Cast Size Female
1
Cast Notes
Go leor mion-carachtair eile: páistí, comharsain srl
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
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Date of First Production
August 1902
Production Notes
Léiríodh an dráma seo ag Feis Chúige Chonnacht, Gaillimh
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Producer
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Original Venue
Venue Notes
Léiríodh an dráma seo i nGaillimh, áit ina raibh Feis na bliana sin á reáchtáil. Níl eolas breise ar fáil ar seo.
PUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Title
Selected Plays of Douglas Hyde. With translations by Lady Gregory. Chosen and with an introduction by Gareth W. Dunleavy and Janet Egleson Dunleavy
Year
1991
Published By
Colin Smythe Ltd.
Address
P.O. Box 6
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire SL9 8XA
England
Phone
+ 44 1753 886000
Email
sales@colinsmythe.co.uk
Website
www.colinsmythe.co.uk
ISBN
978-0861400959
TRANSLATIONS
Published in Irish as
Title
An Pósadh
Year
1934
Published By
An Gúm
Address
Foras na Gaeilge, 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean
Baile Átha Cliath 2
Baile Átha Cliath
Republic of Ireland
Phone
1850 325 325 / 0845 309 8142 (TÉ)
Email
eolas@forasnagaeilge.ie
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón leabhar 'Selected Plays of Douglas Hyde', eagraithe ag Gareth W. Dunleavy and Janet Egleson Dunleavy