OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy 

• Adapted / Translated From

  George Moore

• Author Notes

  Adapted from the original novel by George Moore.

• Setting

  Victorian London.

• Synopsis

  By virtue of her origin as a Victorian slum child, Esther Waters is condemned to a life of physical and economic slavery. She is a loser, an outsider and all the social and religious forces of her time conspire to keep her in that position, but she claims her rights as a woman and as a worker.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  8

• Total

  13

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details. In the original production members of the cast also played a variety of smaller parts.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 September 1989

• Producer

  Produced by Storytellers Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  The John Player Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.