OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Syd Cheatle 

• Setting

  Set in an asylum for the unsound of mind.

• Notes

  Presented as a double bill with 'Retreat' by the same author.

• Synopsis

  Stanley's mind is inhabited by a fantasist(The Director) and he is struggling and failing to keep a grip on reality. Gradually the fantasist succeeds in crushing Stanley but in doing so has unwittingly destroyed his only means of communication with the real world.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Total

  2

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  27 June 1970

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Presented on the Peacock Stage.

Source Of Information

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