OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Patrick Riddell 

• Setting

  London, Counsel's Chambers, near the Law Courts.

• Synopsis

  Alcoholic John Megarrel faces trial for occasioning grievous bodily harm to his wife while insane through alcohol.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  2

• Total

  7

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  27 May 1968

• Producer

  Produced by Gemini Productions

• Original Venue

  Grove Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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