OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Mervyn Wall 

• Synopsis

  A play about the deadly tedium of day-to-day life for employees in a bank. The clerks complain to each other about 'the system' meaning both capitalism and their own particular bank's ethos. They retire to the local pub for a drink and inebriation conjures up a dream version of banking life to be played out after the realism of the opening.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  10

• Female

  2

• Total

  12

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 April 1937

• Production Notes

  Produced by The Abbey Experimental Theatre Company

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed at The Peacock Theatre

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published play text and from press cuttings of the time.