OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  George Shiels 

• Setting

  The Workhouse. Maquade's House, two years before. Lilly's Parlour.

• Synopsis

  A melodrama concerning a feud between the Lilly family and Neal Maquade. The Lilly sons are half-brothers, one a half-wit who stays in Ireland and the other in full possession of his faculties, who emigrates to America. On Maquade's behalf, a local man masquerades as the returned emigré in order to claim the Lilly family's wealth.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  2

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  17 January 1938

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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