OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Louis d'Alton 

• Setting

  The scene is laid in the kitchen of Broderick's public-house, a mile from the village of Carragh on the Limerick-Tipperary border.

• Synopsis

  Lar Broderick is a miserly publican who is under great stress because of the many debts he owes. He decides to murder an old man for his money, but discovers, after the deed is done, that the money is not in a negotiable form. His guilty conscience conjures up the spirit if the dead man to haunt him.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  2

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 March 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.