OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Joseph Campbell (2) 

• Author Notes

  Written under his Irish name Seosamh MacCathmhaoil

• Notes

  It was a policy during the early years of the Ulster Literary Theatre not to name actors in programmes. The published script notes that the cast requires "Bearers, Mourning-Women etc", but does not specify how many. The indicated play cast size therefore refers solely to speaking parts.

• Synopsis

  A tragedy in which Fionnghuala, the King's daughter, is entranced by the half sprite, half mortal Cowherd to her death, to the grief of her father, her distraught admirer Aodh and nurse Eithne.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  3

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 May 1905

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Clarence Place Hall
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from Sam Hanna Bell's 'The Theatre in Ulster'; Uladh, the Ulster Literary Theatre's magazine; from the published script; and from contemporary press reviews.