OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Dorothea Donn-Byrne 

• Synopsis

  'Exile' Pat McCann has been living in Brooklyn for thirty years and has clearly prospered, running a Fancy and Oriental Grocery in a multi-ethnic immigrant neighbourhood. When his son buys him a ticket to visit Ireland, he is initially delighted, but on his return to County Armagh, he is shocked to find that his family find him 'stage Irish' while he finds their modernising instincts and attitudes uncomfortable. Father and son flee back to America, finding themselves more at ease there, and question the nature of what home and relationships are really about.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  4

• Total

  10

• Cast Notes

  In addition to the listed cast, two musicians played non-speaking parts

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  08 December 1924

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Gaiety Theatre
  

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