OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Brian Foster 

• Setting

  Ballymore Parochial House. Christmas Week, 1999.

• Synopsis

  A fourteen-year-old schoolgirl's claim to have seen the Blessed Virgin enflames church politics, tested beliefs and power mongering in the herein idyllic little parish of Ballymore. The elderly parish priest, Father Edward D'Arcy, and his lifelong housekeeper, Tilly Ryan, come under pressure to cover up the story in order to safeguard the anonymity of Ballymore and the embarrassment to the Church. A battle between D'Arcy and his church superiors ensues.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  16 October 2000

• Producer

  Produced by Red Kettle Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  Theatre Royal
  

Source Of Information

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