OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  PJ Fitzgibbon 

• Setting

  The action takes place in the living-room of Mrs Flatley's house in Abbeyroan, in a little over a week.

• Synopsis

  Fitzgibbon's first play tells how fortune smiles in unexpected ways on a widow who finds herself with three adult children on her hands and little prospect of their success in life.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  5

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  08 September 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.