OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lewis Purcell 

• Notes

  It was a policy during the early years of the Ulster Literary Theatre not to name actors in programmes. Play cast size information for this entry is taken from character listings in contemporary press cuttings, and may therefore not be comprehensive.

• Synopsis

  A satire on municipal jobbery, in which some advocate a new gospel of tolerance and others a doctrine of reaction, eventually culminating in a riot.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  1

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 December 1904

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Ulster Minor Hall
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from Sam Hanna Bell's 'The Theatre in Ulster'; Uladh, the Ulster Literary Theatre's magazine; and from contemporary press reviews.