OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lewis Purcell 

• Setting

  A farm kitchen in the southern part of County Antrim.

• Notes

  It was a policy during the early years of the Ulster Literary Theatre not to name actors in programmes.

• Synopsis

  James McKinstry, a student, is home on holidays at his father's farm in County Antrim, and keen to introduce co-operative farming to the locale. Calling a mass meeting of local villagers to do so, he finds his attempt merely ends in sectarian fighting and by the play's end James is entirely disheartened.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  1

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 May 1905

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Clarence Place Hall
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from Sam Hanna Bell's 'The Theatre in Ulster'; Uladh, the Ulster Literary Theatre's magazine; the published script; and from contemporary reviews.