OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Mary Manning (1) 

• Setting

  Set in the library of Castlerochfort, a Georgian mansion somewhere in the south-east of Ireland. The time is the present(1971).

• Synopsis

  Sir Dermod Rochfort, one time bon-viveur and associate of all the great literary figures of his youth is celebrating his 90th birthday at Castlerochfort, the decaying Gothic Georgian mansion which serves as the family home. Money is needed to save the mansion and can be raised only by selling Sir Dermod’s papers and letters to the highest American Academic bidder. Unfortunately for all the documents concerned have disappeared…

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  3

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  08 March 1971

• Production Notes

  Produced by Olympia Productions.

• Producer

  In association with Dublin Theatre Festival

• Original Venue

  3Olympia Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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