OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Hugh Leonard 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Flann O'Brien

• Setting

  Set in, around and under Dalkey, a seaside town close to Dublin, in the late 1940s.

• Synopsis

  A cast of characters that includes James Joyce and St Augustine are caught up in the scheme of mad scientist De Selby to destroy the world.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  2

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  27 September 1965

• Producer

  Produced by Gemini 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.