OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Gerald Macnamara  Lewis Purcell 

• Notes

  The actors in the premiere production are not known, due to the Ulster Literary Theatre policy at this time of not naming its cast or crew members in company programmes.

• Synopsis

  A satire in which a deputation from Belfast's Sandy Row is sent to King William III, asking that he come to Ulster to save the daughter of their local Grand Master, Suzanne, from the unwelcome attentions of King James. Rapidly, however, both King William and King James become eager rivals for the elusive Suzanne's hand, and equally eager to avoid accepting responsiblity for Ulster. With generals prepared to support them or change thinking at the promise of a sandwich, all are finally scandalised by Suzanne's elopment - with neither.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  14

• Total

  14

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  26 December 1907

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Exhibition Hall
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry came from 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland' by Margaret McHenry; 'Gerald Macnamara, Ulster Playwright' by Kathleen Danaher Parks; 'The Theatre in Ulster' by Sam Hanna Bell; and press reviews of the premiere production.