OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  John Murphy (2) 

• Setting

  A small farmhouse in the west of Ireland.

• Synopsis

  Curly is twenty-five, stuck living at home on the farm with his parents. He yearns to move on, get married to sweetheart Eileen and find a life of his own, but father Tom is stubborn in the face of change. When Curly's older brother Eddie comes home from America on holidays, he can start to see a range of alternative futures in front of him. But which one to choose, and why?

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

• Cast Notes

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 April 1959

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster Group Theatre

• Original Venue

  Group Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has come from the company programme for the premiere production, from the printed play script, and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.