OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Rutherford Mayne 

• Notes

  The cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere productions. As such, they should be taken as approximate.

• Synopsis

  A play of rural life, set in County Down. Hans Mullen, an old farmer, is reluctant to hand over his holding to his son, and permit him to become the master of the house. When a crisis occurs on the farm, and the old man cannot react due to physical incapacity, he is forced to reconsider his situation, and to grant his son the opportunity to begin life on his own account.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  1

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 March 1914

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Grand Opera House
  

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