OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Emma Donoghue 

• Setting

  Ranelagh, Dublin 1927 and New York from 1949 to the 1960s.

• Synopsis

  A dramatisation of Maeve Brennan's life as a writer, focusing on her successful rise as a columnist of the 'New Yorker'and her eventual decline.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  3

• Total

  8

• Cast Notes

  'The Girl' was played by two different children on alternate nights

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  27 September 2012

• Producer

  Produced by HATCH Theatre Company and Landmark Productions and Dublin Theatre Festival

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

Source Of Information

Material for this entry was drawn from the company play programme and reviews.