OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lady Gregory 

• Synopsis

  After committing the terrible crime of informing on a friend, Hanrahan decides to take an oath of silence for a year and a day. He is first considered a mad man, then a saint, but soon comes to realise that his oath has become a greater penance than anticipated.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  29 January 1918

• 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.