OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Christine Longford 

• Setting

  Set in the rectory of an Irish town, Castledudgeon.

• Synopsis

  This is a comedy which revolves around the plans of a parochial hero-politician to erect a National War Memorial on the village green, which is actually owned by a colonel, a hero from other wars. No fight could begin without a referee, and the local rector - a man of no property - is chosen for this task.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  2

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 September 1955

• Producer

  Produced by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

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