OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Heno Magee 

• Setting

  Set in a working class area of Dublin.

• Synopsis

  Brendan 'Hatchet' Bailey is a man caged by the animalism of his environment. Conditioned by his thug of a mother, the conditioning being re-enforced by the violence of his friends, Hatchet is a man whose heritage and whose environment condemn him to thuggery in place of thought. Despite the opportunities to escape that are offered, Hatchet is bound to be the victim of the violent cage in which he has been reared.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  13

• Female

  3

• Total

  16

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 May 1972

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Presented on the Peacock Stage.

Source Of Information

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