OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lady Gregory 

• Setting

  A room in Nicholas O'Cahan's house.

• Synopsis

  A one-act play about a manservant called Dave with mystical dreams. The piece is written in Lady Gregory's own invented Anglo-Irish dialect of Kiltartan, named after the area in Galway that inspired it.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  09 May 1927

• 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.