OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  David Sears 

• Setting

  Ireland, the sixteenth century. In and about Grania's Castle on Clare Island.

• Synopsis

  A melodrama based on the life of Grace O'Malley, an Irish Chieftainess of the Elizabethan era. Richard Burke is shipwrecked and attacked by Grania's men. He survives and she falls in love with him, which pitches both of their worlds at odds.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  18

• Female

  4

• Total

  22

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 September 1933

• Producer

  Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

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