OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Bernard Duffy 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde)

• Author Notes

  The play is founded on 'The Friars of Urlaur' (Douglas Hyde's "Legends of Saints and Sinners")

• Setting

  The Hall of the Monastery of Urlaur Time - Seventeenth Century

• Synopsis

  A morality fable in which a wandering minstrel turns out to be more godly than his hosts, the friars of Urlaur, who are plagued by an evil spirit whom only the piper can vanquish.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  9

• Total

  9

• Cast Notes

  Programme specifies Friars etc. so there are additional cast members needed.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  15 November 1921

• 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 from press cuttings.