OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Austin Clarke
Setting
The Abbey of Cork in medieval times.
Synopsis
A comedy based on the Irish satire Aislinge Mac Conglinne, in which a king with a gluttonous 'hunger demon' inside him is cured through the wit of a wandering scholar and poet.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
Full-Length
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
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Date of First Production
September 1930
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Producer
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Original Venue
Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
Irish Premiere Notes
The play was originally produced at the Cambridge Festival Theatre in October 1927, under the direction of Terence Gray. It was staged at the Abbey in June 1945.
PUBLISHED SCRIPTS
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