OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Brinsley MacNamara 

• Setting

  The action passes at the present time, more or less, and in County Meath, between one Sunday in Spring and the next, at the house of James Heffernan in Garradice and at the shop of Molloy & Co., in Sheepstown.

• Notes

  A sequel by the same author 'Marks and Mabel' was staged at the Abbey in August 1945.

• Synopsis

  Comedy concerning the various fortunes and love lives of the Heffernan family. The title is a well-known proverb that can be taken to mean a multitude of things, but here it points to the Heffernan's cuteness when it comes to affairs of business and matrimony.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  5

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  12 April 1926

• 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.