OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Aodhán Madden 

• Setting

  An abandoned tenement house in Dublin.

• Synopsis

  A group of down-and-outs in a Georgian dosshouse on Dublin's Northside try to recapture a better world. Handel's 'Messiah' is invoked throughout, as the spirit of hope and resurrection.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  1

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  30 September 1985

• Producer

  Produced by Gemini Productions

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.