OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Fand O'Grady 

• Setting

  A Dublin boarding-house.

• Synopsis

  Boarding-house owner Mrs McCarthy has to contend with both a feckless husband and a motley crew of troublesome tenents. Money difficulties force her to start pawning off various possessions belonging to her boarders: as each item is eventually missed, Mrs McCarthy is forced to retrieve it from the shop by pawning off another item in exchange, thus pushing her further and further into a spiral of domestic chaos.

  A comedy.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  5

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  03 September 1923

• 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 Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time