OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Frances Kay 

• Setting

  Set Dublin in 1941, whilst war is raging in continental Europe.

• Notes

  A play for post-primary school students.

• Synopsis

  In the slums of the inner city a young doctor starts work, unprepared for the problems that confront him - squalor, disease, hunger, death. The scale of the suffering threatens to overwhelm him when suddenly, miraculously, he is given the means to change people's lives for the better. That's when his real difficulties start.

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  3

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1999

• Producer

  Produced by TEAM Educational Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  Samuel Beckett Theatre
  

• Venue Notes

  First performed as part of a tour to schools.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the teachers' information pack for the original production.