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The Hunger Demon (The Son of Learning)

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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.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Original Production

Date of First Production

September 1930
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.

Original Cast

Published Scripts

Title

Collected Plays by Austin Clarke
Year

1963
Published By

Dolmen Press
Address

Republic of Ireland

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