OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  William Butler Yeats 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Rabindranath Tagore

• Author Notes

  A translation of Tagore's play originally written and produced in Bengali as Dakghar
  

• Synopsis

  A frail Indian boy, Amal, is condemned to seclusion and inactivity through ill health. He makes a new world for himself, by his imagination and insatiable curiosity, and the passersby bring the outside world to him. When a new post office opens in the village, Amal believes the King will send him a letter.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  2

• Total

  13

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  17 May 1913

• 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 Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson.