OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lord Longford 

• Setting

  Hannah's House at Zarephath in Phoenicia. A pavilion on Mount Carmel. The Desert. Ahab's palace.

• Synopsis

  The Old Testament story of Naboth's Vineyard, which Lord Longford aligns with the larger story of the Prophet Elijah's conflict with King Ahab and Queen Jezabel. Naboth is a farmer whose vineyard is covetted by King Ahab as a herb garden. He refuses to give it up, but the King's courtier, Aram, comes up with a way for Ahab to seize the land.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  21

• Female

  9

• Total

  30

• Cast Notes

  Four of the male roles are doubled up.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  16 March 1943

• Production Notes

  The names in "The Vineyard" are all given in the Hebrew form. In some translations Elijah is called Elias, Ahab, Achab and Obadiah, Abdias.

• Producer

  Presented by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

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