OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Maurice G. Meldon 

• Setting

  The action takes place in Ireland's Glorious Past.

• Synopsis

  A young girl is to be auctioned with the consent of Dublin Castle. During the auction she is rescued by men in trenchcoats and goes on the run. She meets a poet and agrees to marry him, but a young priest objects and exiles them both to a life on the run, where they become Emer and Cuchulainn, Diarmuid and Grainne before returning to their contemporary selves.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  20

• Female

  11

• Total

  31

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 April 1953

• Producer

  Produced by Nora Lever Productions

• Venue Notes

  Performed at the '37' Theatre Club premises on O'Connell St., Dublin, a venue the company had just acquired in January of 1953.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.