OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  T.C. Murray 

• Setting

  The living room in Mrs. O'Regan's cottage. A Sunday afternoon. Sitting-room in Grace Sheridan's lodgings. Living-room in the old farmhouse of the O'Regan's.

• Synopsis

  Mrs. O'Regan is a matchmaker determined to secure a favourable marriage for her son, a lovesick schoolteacher who knows more of improving literature than he does of the wiles of womankind.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  7

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  10 January 1922

• 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.