OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Terence Butler 

• Author Notes

  A translation of the Italian play 'La Stagione Delle Albicocche' by Aldo Nicolaj.

• Setting

  The outskirts of a city, present day(1962).

• Synopsis

  In a small square of a village, the owner of the café, in love with a doctor, is jealous of a sick lady that he is taking care of. The husband of the sick lady keeps announcing calmly from his balcony the phases of her agony. But when she dies he will understand how much he has loved her and that he cannot live without her.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  3

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  01 October 1962

• Producer

  Produced by Dublin Theatre Festival and Illsley-McCabe Productions

• Original Venue

  3Olympia Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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