OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Patrick Galvin 

• Setting

  A village near Clonmel in 1895.

• Notes

  A note to the published script states that: "The play is based very loosely on events which took place in a village near Clonmel in 1895."

• Synopsis

  When Michael's young wife Bridget does not have a child, he begins to suspect that she is possessed. Together with neighbours also suspicious that she is a changeling and capable of witchcraft, he decides she must go through a test of fire in the hope that his real wife will be returned to him. Fear and tension mount, and ultimately, tragedy results for the couple.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  11

• Total

  16

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  31 July 1974

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the published script, and from the original production programme and press cuttings held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.