OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Mary Manning (1) 

• Setting

  March 1934. A bedroom in the Blakes' house.

• Synopsis

  Am amusing character comedy which gathers a family of eccentrics together in the same setting so that they can yabber on about their individual obsessions of communism, adventuring, mysticism, automobiles and etiquette.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  5

• Total

  13

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  24 April 1934

• Production Notes

  Denis Johnston was credited as director here under his pseudonym of E.W. Tocher.

• Producer

  Presented by Gate Theatre

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

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