OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Padraic Colum 

• Setting

  Interior of a farmer's cottage.

• Synopsis

  A woman gives away the last of her store of corn in an act of charity, only to subsequently find that it has been miraculously replenished.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  22 May 1908

• Production Notes

  Produced alongside a revival of Maeve by Edward Martyn and The Enthusiast by Lewis Purcell.

• Producer

  Produced by Theatre of Ireland (1906 - 1912)

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

The details of the productions of the Theatre of Ireland repertoire are as yet incomplete in the Irish Playography. In compiling the list of productions, we have used various sources including Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh’s The Splendid Years, The Alternative Dramatic Revival in Ireland by Karen Vandevelde, Thomas MacDonagh, a Critical Biography by Johann A. Norstedt, A Century of Irish Drama: Widening the Stage edited by Eileen M Morgan, Shakir Mustafa, Stephen Watt and printed play texts.