OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lord Dunsany 

• Synopsis

  A comic horror fantasy about an eccentric professor who lives in the Great House on the Moors. He creates a man, whom he aptly calls Frank and introduces him to his friends. Frank forms a particular attachment to the beautiful Marianna.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  4

• Total

  12

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1938

• Producer

  Produced 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.