OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Austin Clarke
Synopsis
A "poetic comedy" based upon a traditional tale from Co Wexford, the play concerns a servant named Cauth who is confronted by a succession of threats to her womanhood, each represented by expressionistic figures. A "charming variation on the Cinderella myth", according to the Irish Times.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
One Act
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Cast Size Male
4
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Cast Size Female
3
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
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Date of First Production
03 December 1944
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Producer
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Original Venue
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Irish Premiere Notes
This was a production at the Abbey by the Lyric Theatre Company, which grew out of Austin Clarke's Dublin Verse-Speaking Society and operated out of the the Peacock from 1941 to 1944 and the Abbey proper from 1944 to 1951.
PUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Title
Selected Plays of Austin Clarke (Mary Shine Thompson, ed)
Year
2003
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
978-0861402090
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