OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Roibeárd Ó Faracháin 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Roibeárd Ó Faracháin

• Setting

  The scene of the action moves from the House of Dallan to the seashore of Lough Foyle, thence to the Assembly Hall at Druim Ceat.

• Synopsis

  This is an adaptation of Ó Faracháin's verse play broadcast on Radio Éireann a little over a year previously. It is a treatment of the Sixth Century tale of the authorities' dispute with the poets of the day and the attempt made to banish them.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  16

• Female

  3

• Total

  19

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 March 1943

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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