OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  J. Bernard MacCarthy 

• Setting

  Interior of the Hanley's Cottage, Inchawaun Point

• Synopsis

  An old retired sea captain who lives in his beloved cottage on the coast has large debts and is forced to move inland to live with his son-in-law. They are just in the process of selling off the furniture when his son Dan comes in with a dubious story of having been made a present of twp hundred pounds, money that might allow his father to keep his cottage...

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  4

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  09 January 1923

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.