OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Michael Skelly 

• Synopsis

  Our Jane concerns the plight of a working-class Irish girl in the 1960s who becomes pregnant and is pressurised by her parents towards an unwanted abortion. The play charts Jane's traumatic pregnancy, its effects on her family, her later married life and its eventual collapse.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  03 October 1983

• Production Notes

  Produced by Western Union.

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the 1983 Dublin Theatre Festival programme.