OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  William Paul 

• Setting

  Oldtown, a typical country town in Ulster.

• Notes

  The cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere productions. As such, they should be taken as approximate.

• Synopsis

  The Earl of Glasnevin decides to sponsor an Irish National Regeneration Society to unite all parties on a common platform. Attempts to put the Society into practice turn sour as the town's two opposing factions, led by Paddy Doyle and Albert Barr, come to loggerheads. The best efforts of newly appointed chair James McKay prove fruitless, as the factions rapidly condemn the new society's efforts, and those of McKay himself, to failure. McKay eventually manages to find an excuse to renounce the entire project, and does so with relief.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  3

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  10 December 1912

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Grand Opera House
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has come from reviews of the premiere production, and from Margaret McHenry's 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland'.