OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  John Quinn(3) 

• Setting

  Set in Murphy's home town and the ante-room of Eternity, present day (1971).

• Notes

  Clifford Bax' 'Prelude and Fugue' was presented with the two winners of the O. Z. Whitehead prize, "Doesn't Anyone Remember Murphy" by John Quinn and "Partly Furnished" by Barry L Hillman.

• Synopsis

  In this light comedy, Murphy is dead , but because his paperwork is not quite up to scratch, he returns from the dead and is unrecognised, whilst waiting for Saint Peter (the civil servant in the ante-room of Heaven) to sort things out.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  2

• Total

  7

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  15 March 1971

• Production Notes

  In association with O.Z. Whitehead.

• Producer

  Presented by Dublin Theatre Festival

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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