OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Jennifer Johnston 

• Setting

  The play is set in Sandycove, Co. Dublin.

• Synopsis

  Rose, an Irish actress, returns to Dublin to inherit her mother's house and to appear in a production of 'The Three Sisters'. With her is her lover, Toby, an out-of-work advertising executive. Denis, an English actor in the same production, comes to stay with them for the run of the play and all three become involved in a complicated relationship.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  1

• Total

  3

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  06 March 1989

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Produced on the Peacock Stage.

Source Of Information

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