OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  St. John Greer Ervine 

• Notes

  The cast list for this entry is drawn from reviews of the premiere production. As such, it should be taken as approximate.

• Synopsis

  Successful business man, John Thurlow, takes pride in his position as head of a shipbuilding firm producing ocean liners. His son, Jack, finds himself in conflict with his father's principles: a visit to the World War I battlefields has left him with a hatred of machinery and the impersonalisation it brings. Though initially supported in this by his sympathetic grandmother, his father's illness, and determination to have a Thurlow in the firm, eventually requires Jack to become his stand-in at the shipyard. Aboard a Thurlow ship on her maiden voyage, crisis occurs. Jack responds as he believes his father might have done, with tragic results.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  4

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  10 December 1924

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Gaiety Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has come from the play script, from reviews of the premiere production, and from Margaret McHenry's 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland'.