OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Brinsley MacNamara 

• Setting

  The sitting-room of Miss Diana Gilsenan's house at 67 Mornington Square, Dublin
  The drawing-room of Mr. Richard Gilsenan's residence at Cushionstown, Co. Westmeath.

• Synopsis

  A comedy about an Anglo-Irish family who use the reputation of their 'Grand House in the City' as capital to finance the family home in the country. The Gilsenans are a dying breed, but for now they scrape by on a presumption of wealth and talent for self-deception.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  5

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  03 February 1936

• 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.