OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Tom Coffey 

• Setting

  Set in the kitchen-Living Room of Brid Flaherty's house, present day(1963).

• Synopsis

  Johnsie lives at home with his widowed mother, amongst others, but he's a bit 'queer in the head' and this isn't helped by the taunting and tormenting by the locals - the 'Them' in the title. The mother has to make a choice, keep him at home with herself or institutionalise him, keeping himout of the gaze of 'Them'.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  5

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  18 November 1963

• Producer

  Produced by Orion Productions

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.