OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Basil Bartlett 

• Adapted / Translated From

  François Mauriac

• Setting

  The scene is the living room of an old house in the southwest of France.

• Notes

  Miss Anderson's dresses and Miss Dillon's dress in Act II designed and made by Carl Bonn. Electrical Fittings kindly supplied by the G.E.C., Trinity Street.

• Synopsis

  Marcelle de Barthus is a widow with four children who employs a tutor, Blaise Lebel, for her eldest son. It soon becomes apparent that the tutor has a strange power over all in the house, including the Governess who looks after the two youngest. When a young friend of the son comes to stay at the house, he too comes under the spell of Lebel and tragedy isn't far behind.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  4

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 February 1940

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

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