OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tom Gallacher 

• Setting

  Set in the Autumn of 1971 in an actor-manager's studio at the top of an old London theatre.

• Synopsis

  A backstage comedy, centering on an eccentric, retired actor/manager who is coaxed back to play Solness in Ibsens 'The Master Builder'. Bernard Kevin had also retired from his wife, family and life, until his loving but long absent wife conspires to seduce him back to the business and real life.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 March 1972

• Producer

  Presented by Dublin Theatre Festival

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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