OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Johnny Hanrahan 

• Author Notes

  Based on Maupassant's comic short story, The House of Madam Tellier.

• Setting

  Set in a small dockside brothel

• Synopsis

  Madam T and her girls entertain local worthies in her genteel parlour, offering the promise and the glimpse of the erotic and the exotic. An improvised family evolves in this place where private desires and pain are embraced in an atmosphere of tea, illicit sex and sympathy. When Madam T is asked to revisit her own country family as communion sponsor for her niece, her entire entourage decamps to her home village.

• Play Type

  Musical Theatre
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  8

• Total

  15

• Cast Notes

  The original production also featured a large local chorus. The part of Constance was played on alternate nights by two actors.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 April 2005

• Production Notes

  Presented as part of Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture in association with Cork Operaworks.

• Producer

  Produced by Meridian Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  The Everyman
  

Source Of Information

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