OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Grace Butt 

• Setting

  The living room of affluent Canadian household, present day(1969).

• Notes

  Presented alongside 'A Tale after School' by James Douglas and 'The Crying Room' by Patrick Gilligan.

• Synopsis

  A study in modern social morality. In this tale set in a Canadian home, everyone is a dependant; the local politician and dad(a busineesman) are dependant on each other, mum is dependant on dad and their son - a newly appointed professor - is dependant on there being no scandal in the family while he muddles his way through his ambition.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  4

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  29 September 1969

• Production Notes

  Presented in association with Amalgamated Artists, in a seson composed of three O. Z. Whitehead prizewinning one act plays.

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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