OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Christine Longford 

• Adapted / Translated From

  J. Sheridan Le Fanu

• Setting

  The action takes place in a ruinous castle of the De Lacys in the mountains near Limerick. The period is 1746 immediately after the failure of the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland.

• Synopsis

  Based on J. Sheridan Le Fanu's ghost story, Colonel Ultor De Lacy appoints himself the Avenger for perceived disloyalties perpetrated against his family, but there is another who seeks vengeance, the Man in Spanish Dress, this time the target are the de Lacys themselves.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  3

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  01 November 1943

• Producer

  Presented by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

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