OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Michael McDonnell 

• Synopsis

  Set in house that is being converted to flats, Miss O is temporarily cut off from the world beneath and can only communicate with the tenants downstairs through a hole in the floor. Below her live a returned Irish American existentialist, his wife and his ailing uncle. The plot twists around the existentialist's attempts to convice his wife to kill their child in order to get her to believe that there can be nothing but the human will and Man, not God is responsible for creating human problems.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  2

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 October 1969

• Producer

  Produced by Lantern Theatre Club

• Venue Notes

  Performed at the Lantern Theatre Club at 38 Merrion Square East, Dublin.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from unpublished research material.