OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lennox Robinson 

• Setting

  A smoking-room on a small trans-Atlantic liner. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Beck at Crampton. A private dining-room in a New York restaurant.

• Synopsis

  A group of Irish and English people meet on the boat over to America, two singers, an actor and a novelist. They give out about America and come to find some of their suspicions confirmed, but a lot of them are exploded by their experiences.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  13

• Female

  4

• Total

  17

• Cast Notes

  In addition to the cast member listed, the production included 'many ladies' played by additional actors.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 October 1929

• Production Notes

  The Spirituals have been arranged by Dr. J.F. Larchet.

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

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