OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  George Fitzmaurice 

• Setting

  The scene is laid in North Kerry

• Synopsis

  Julia Shea, a country dressmaker, is lamenting the emigration of her suitor, Pats Connor, who left for America ten years previously. Unbeknownst to her, Pats has returned home wealthy and is in a neighbour's house being plied with drink until he is inveigled to marry a daughter of the house. Meanwhile her mother wishes her to marry the dull and tongue tied Edmund Normyle.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  6

• Total

  12

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 October 1907

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