OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tom Murphy (1) 

• Setting

  The First Act is set at the time the play was first produced while Act 2 takes place nine years earlier in 1963.

• Notes

  The White House was radically reworked and presented as 'Conversations on a Homecoming' in 1985 by Druid Theatre Company.

• Synopsis

  In a pub in a small western town three buddies meet up in anticipation of the return of a fourth who emigrated to England. Tom, Liam, Junior and Michael reminisce about the good old days. It soon becomes clear that nobody is happy and that life has dissappointed. In the second act, Murphy bring's us back to the day, nine year's previous, when the mood was more positive, change was possible and their futures were bright. That day was November 22, 1963.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  5

• Total

  13

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 March 1972

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Presented on the Abbey Stage.

Source Of Information

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