OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Kevin Casey 

• Synopsis

  Mairteen Deignan, an old-fashioned and domineering farmer from County Mayo, is a man out of sympathy with the modern mores of his family. He has a hard enough time getting around the fact that his daughter is a television star when a seductive Englishwoman, Joyce Murdoch, arrives to stay with the family while gathering folklore from the locale, adding intrigue to his life.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  3

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 March 1962

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Produced at the Queen's Theatre.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from published material.