OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Micheál Mac Liammóir 

• Author Notes

  Translated by the author from the Irish.

• Setting

  Set on a Mailboat and in a Cafe in Ireland

• Synopsis

  Set in the fictional state of Cardomam - a fence sitting state between East and West - and performed to the rules of the Classical Theatre of Cardomam, where no scenery is used,and the actors introduce and explain themselves. This satirical comedy has as its central character, a breezy old cynic of a Prime Minister who finds politics fun and has ambitions for his son. No men survive the authors wrath, admin-men, admen, Tellymen, Pollymen, soldiermen, no men... At the end the only man left lectures to a bunch of post-fallout children.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  6

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 October 1969

• Production Notes

  By arrangement with Phyllis Ryan. Presented as a double-bill with 'King Herod Explains' by Conor Cruise O'Brien.

• Producer

  Produced by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions In association with Dublin Theatre Festival

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

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