OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  George Shiels 

• Setting

  A room at the back of Henry Caven's shop and Dan Caven's kitchen a few hours later. Then back at the shop three days later. Late autumn 1940.

• Synopsis

  Superstition and modernity clash over the fate of a fairy rath.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  4

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 April 1942

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.