OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Christine Longford 

• Setting

  Set in a house in south Dublin, present day (1950).

• Synopsis

  A comedic lament on the demise of Dublin's society seen through the eyes of Gervaise Matthews, a mother-in-law come to stay in the home of the newly wedded couple.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  5

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 November 1950

• Producer

  Produced by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

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