OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Kieran Tunney  John Synge 

• Setting

  Set in Kate Murphy's Public House in a small town in Southern Ireland from 1947 - 1949.

• Synopsis

  Mrs. Murphy is a hardworking woman who has made enough money from farming to buy a small pub. She has sacrificed her elder son's ambition to join the priesthood by insisting he labour on the farm. He becomes a drunk. Having made some money, Mrs Murphy now desires respectability and so forces the younger son into the priesthood and away from the girl he loves.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  4

• Total

  7

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  17 September 1951

• Production Notes

  Subsequently played at the Westminister Theatre, London in October 1951.

• Venue Notes

  Premiered at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published playscript and other printed material.