OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Máiréad Ní Ghráda 

• Author Notes

  Translated from the Irish by the author

• Synopsis

  Maire Cassidy is pregnant, the father is married, her family wants nothing to do with her. She struggles out of a Magdalene Laundry clutching her child, suffers destitution in the big city, and faced with complete abandonment by the child's father, she commits a terrible crime.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  10

• Total

  21

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 March 1965

• Production Notes

  First produced in Irish as An Triail at the Damer Hall, Dublin on September 22nd 1964.

• Producer

  Produced by Gemini Productions

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published playscript.