OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lynn Doyle 

• Setting

  The kitchen of a farmhouse in County Down.

• Synopsis

  Simon Savage, a farmer, is impatient with gauche son Matthew's attempts to woo Minnie Ross, the daughter of a neighbouring widow. Attempting to boost his son's confidence, he offers to lend him his fine own coat, and to wear Matthew's in the meanwhile. The coat swop works in both directions, however, so that the father assumes youthful vigour, and the son a certain gravitas. Simon becomes taken with Minnie, and Matthew with her mother, until by the end of the play, they begin to realise the value of what they had. The expectations of another generation ultimately prove too much for each, and it is with some relief that they revert to their usual roles.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 September 1922

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Venue Notes

  Performed at the Liverpool Playhouse.

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has come from Margaret McHenry's 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland', from the published play script, and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library.