OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Micheál Mac Liammóir 

• Setting

  The action passes in a country house somewhere between Dublin and Cork.

• Synopsis

  Hodge-podge thriller about a group of ill-matched travellers whose bus breaks down in the middle of the night and they have to shelter in a big house within which a mysterious portrait hangs. A fugitive joins them with a story of being driven demented by a devious wife.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  4

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  22 September 1947

• Producer

  Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

• Original Venue

  Gaiety Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published script and press cuttings of the time.