OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  G.P. Gallivan 

• Setting

  Set in various locations in Ireland from the date of the signing of the Treaty to the date of Collins' assasination. (1921-1922)

• Synopsis

  A play bout Michael Collins, negotiator and signatory of the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty, and his assasination on 22 August 1922 at Béal na mBláth, Co Cork.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  9

• Female

  5

• Total

  14

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 August 1963

• Production Notes

  Presented by arrangement with Illsley-McCabe Productions.

• Producer

  Produced by Southern Theatre Group

• Original Venue

  3Olympia Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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