OVERVIEW

• 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?

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  3

• Cast Size Female

  1

• Cast Notes

  Go leor mion-carachtair eile: páistí, comharsain srl

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  August 1902

• Production Notes

  Léiríodh an dráma seo ag Feis Chúige Chonnacht, Gaillimh

• Producer

• 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.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón leabhar 'Selected Plays of Douglas Hyde', eagraithe ag Gareth W. Dunleavy and Janet Egleson Dunleavy