OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  J. Bernard MacCarthy 

• Notes

  While little is known of the plot of 'The Supplanter', the play enjoyed a brief period of notoriety due to the Lord Chamberlain's insistence that a particular 'Shavian expletive' be cut from the script.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 June 1914

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  The Royal Court Theatre
  

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, with additional information from press cuttings of the time