OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Austin Clarke
Setting
The 'House of the Fire' in Kildare
Synopsis
A novice nun, Attracta, sees a vision of Absalom, hanging by his hair. Against the rules of the convent, she is prompted to regrow her own hair; she also neglects the tending of St Brigid's flame, kept for centuries by the convent's nuns.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
One Act
Cast Notes
Listed in the Dramatis personae are Nun, Novice, Abbess and Sisters of the Community.
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
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Date of First Production
1941
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Producer
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Original Venue
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Irish Premiere Notes
First performed by the Dublin Verse-Speaking Society on the Peacock stage. Later revived at the Abbey Theatre by the Lyric Theatre Company. Premiered by the School of Speech Training and Drama in Edinburgh in June 1932. Also performed at the British Drama League Festival in 1936 and at the Oxford Festival of Spoken Poetry, 1938.
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