OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Eoghan Ó Tuairisc 

• Setting

  Stáisiún beag traenach in áit iarghúlta i lár na tíre (c. 1960)

• Notes

  Duaisdhráma an Oireachtais (1961) Foilsíodh é faoin teideal 'Cúirt na Gealaí'.

• Synopsis

  A collection of modern Irish types, or stereotypes, is stranded at a little railway station in the middle of nowhere. The station master turns out to be a mysterious and mythical personage and under his direction a modern equivalent to the Midnight Court is enacted.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  5

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  26 September 1962

• Production Notes

  Faoi choimirce An Damer.

• Producer

  Produced by An Damer

• Original Venue

  The Damer Hall/An Damer
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  D'éirigh chomh maith sin leis an dráma seo go ndearnadh é a athléiriú faoi dhó roimh dheireadh na bliana céanna.

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ón leabhar 'Eoghan Ó Tuairisc' le Máirín Nic Eoin.