OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Donagh MacDonagh 

• Setting

  Set in the present(1957)The action takes place in the small town of Cloonmore on a snowy day.

• Synopsis

  An old judge, Redmond O'Hanlon, in an Irish Provincial town, still concussed from misadventures the previous night, is visited by a Government Inspector and forced to try an innocent bank clerk for an offence for which the judge himself is guilty by intent.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  4

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  11 March 1957

• Producer

  Produced by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

• Original Venue

  Gaiety Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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