OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lennox Robinson 

• Setting

  A sunny December morning in Eugene McCarthy's office in a seaside town, Shangarry Strand; Fannie O'Shea's drawing-room, the same evening; and McCarthy's office some weeks later.

• Synopsis

  Comedy of small-town life in which an heir is sought for the O'Shea legacy.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  7

• Total

  14

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  26 December 1941

• 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.