OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Paul Vincent Carroll 

• Setting

  An old shanty on the outskirts of Altmoran, a small coastal town near Dundalk.

• Notes

  Revived as 'The Secret Kindred'.

• Synopsis

  A young ironmonger's daughter falls for an unstable artist. She prepares herself for embarking on a life together, but they are forced apart when he meets another woman and subsequently commits suicide. Years later the ironmonger's daughter meets her dead lover's son,avagabond musician, and sees him as the son she should have had herself.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  5

• Total

  13

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  25 September 1939

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from press cuttings of the time.