OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Christine Longford 

• Setting

  Set in the 'Big House' somewhere in Ireland.

• Synopsis

  Squire Lawless has taken a finacial tumble on the horses and is consoling himself with the Bottle. Mount Lawless is decaying and has sunk to the new low of taking in paying guests. Squire Lawless is now being haunted by the ghost of St. Broney(a fetish of the very unfriendly natives) becuase he had removed a stone cross that was hers.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  3

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  09 April 1957

• Producer

  Produced by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the press cuttings of the time.