OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Brian Friel 

• Setting

  Set in the Carroll's home in a small North of Ireland town in the present(1963).

• Synopsis

  Father Chris is just home after five years in a Chinese communist prison. The whole town are over the moon and pull out all the stops for their priestly hero. However, his sister's boyfriend - a bad-word socialist - scuppers the celebrations by exposing some truths about Chris' return from China.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  2

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 February 1963

• Producer

  Produced by Orion Productions

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.