OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  George Fitzmaurice 

• Setting

  The Undersea habitation of Mananaan and the Palace of Aeneas.

• Synopsis

  The story the rivalry between Eithne, a mortal who finds herself in the underwater kingdom of Mananaan because of her love for the prince Aeneas, and Elaine, the mermaid who becomes to the surface in an attempt to replace Eithne on earth and become Queen of Ireland.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  10

• Female

  7

• Total

  17

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 August 1976

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Produced on the Peacock Stage.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Generally assumed to have been written in the early 1920s, 'The Enchanted Land' was first staged at Pennsylvania State University in 1964, under the direction of Howard Slaughter. The listings here refer to the play's first professional production.

Source Of Information

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