OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Jim Nolan 

• Notes

  A play for post-primary students.

• Synopsis

  Round and Round the Garden explores social attitudes to physical disability and mental illness. A young man returns home after a year in a psychiatric hospital. He picks up the threads of family life and re-establishes his relationship with his parents and his sister.

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1981

• Production Notes

  Round and Round the Garden was originally presented as part of a double-bill with 'Not Just Yet' by Art Ó Briain (listed separately) to mark the International Year of the Disabled.

• Producer

  Produced by TEAM Educational Theatre Company

• Venue Notes

  First presented as part of a tour to schools.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original promotional material held in TEAM's archive.