OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Ulick Burke 

• Setting

  The action of the play takes place in the West of Ireland in the present day. (1931)

• Synopsis

  Michael Gorman arrives home to the family farm at Cloonagh with his bride, a servant girl from Dublin. His mother is contemptuous of his new wife and matters degenerate further when the latter discovers that James Conroy, the man who had previously deserted her, is in fact Mrs. Gorman's son-in-law.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  4

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  12 January 1931

• Producer

  Produced by Gate Theatre

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.