OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Michael Joseph (M.J.) Molloy 

• Setting

  Set in the committee room behind the stage of a dance-hall in the 1950's.

• Synopsis

  Set in North County Galway. When the owner of the local dance hall dies and leaves the business to his son, who in turn tries to hand it on to his miserly cousin, the dance hall's three employees, in an effort to keep their jobs, do all in their power to keep the business run as it always had been.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  3

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 September 1955

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Produced at the Queen's Theatre.

Source Of Information

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