OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  J.P. Donleavy 

• Adapted / Translated From

  J.P. Donleavy

• Author Notes

  Adapted from the author's own novel of the same title.

• Setting

  June in a warm year. A south suburb of Dublin City.

• Synopsis

  The Ginger Man is the story of the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young roguish American student at Trinity College in Dublin.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  15 September 1959

• Production Notes

  Produced by Spur Productions Ltd.

• Venue Notes

  Premiered at the Fortune Theatre, London.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Irish Premiere in the Gaeity Theatre, Dublin, where it was coproduced by Dublin Globe Theatre and Spur Productions Ltd. Richard Harris was the only remaining cast from the original London production.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from various publications.