OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lucienne Hill 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Jean Anouilh

• Author Notes

  From the originial by Jean Anouilh.

• Synopsis

  In this adaptation of one of Anouilh's later works 'Ornifle', we follow the highs and lows of M. Ornifle, a sucessful lyricist and seducer, a man surrounded by devoted wife, secretary, housemaid and doting mistress(offstage), not to mention his commercial impresario, willing to write cheques at the drop of a hint. Ornifle is a man with a past, a passion for women, a long lost son who wants him dead and an undiagnosed heart condition...something or someone has to catch up with him...

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  5

• Total

  13

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  March 1971

• Producer

  Produced by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

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