OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Padraic Colum 

• Setting

  The action passes in the Hourican's house in the Irish Midlands.

• Notes

  The Fiddler's House is a revised version of an earlier play by Colum, 'Broken Soil', which was produced by The Irish National Theatre Society in 1903

• Synopsis

  Courn Hourican, the fiddler, has been set up in a house by his daughters who have taken him in from his wandering ways. Both daughters eventually find love, but one sacrifices her relationship so as to accompany her father when he eventually falls back into his old vagabond habits.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 March 1907

• Producer

  Produced by Theatre of Ireland (1906 - 1912)

• Venue Notes

  Performed at the Rotunda, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published script, with addtional information from Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh’s 'The Splendid Years'(1955)