Plays

Printer Friendly

The Visiting House

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Michael Joseph (M.J.) Molloy 

  • Author Notes

    This is Molloy's second play after The Old Road.

  • Setting

    Nightfall of an autumn evening at Broc Heavy's Visiting House on the outskirts of a crowded peasant village near the Galway-Mayo border.

  • Synopsis

    Social satire of rural life at a time of change.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    10

Original Production

Original Cast  
Mary Heavy Máire Ní Dhomhnaill
Mickle Conlon F J McCormick
Beezie Eileen Crowe
Kate May Craig
Tim Corry Raghnall Breathnach
Murt King Brian O'Higgins
Julia Brid Lynch
Igoe Micheál Ó Briain
Verb To Be Harry Brogan
Broc Heavy Denis O'Dea
Production Team  
Director Michael J. Dolan
Settings by Alicia Sweetman
Producer Frank Dermody
Stage Manager Udolphus Wright

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Seven Irish Plays, 1946-1964

  • Year

    1967

  • Published By

    University of Minnesota Press

  • Address

    Suite 290, 111 Third Avenue South
    Minneapolis
    MN 55401
    USA

  • Phone

    +1 612-627-1970

  • Email

    ump@umn.edu

  • Website

    http://www.upress.umn.edu/

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Address

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    +353 1 6030200

  • Email

    info@nli.ie

  • Website

    www.nli.ie

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Colin Smythe Ltd.

  • Address

    P. O. Box 6, Gerrards Cross
    Buckinghamshire
    SL9 8XA
    England

  • Phone

    +44 (0) 1753 886000

  • Email

    cs@colinsmythe.co.uk

Source Of Information