OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  St. John Greer Ervine 

• Setting

  The kitchen and living-room of William Cather's cottage in the Northern Irish village of Donaghreagh.

• Synopsis

  The play starts with the return to the village of Henry Hynde, ten years after having walked out on his pregnant girlfriend, Maggie Cather. He has decided to return to 'save her' from a life of sin, and to make a 'respectable' woman of her once more. When he proposes,however,Maggie him on the grounds that he would never see her as his equal.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  17 October 1912

• 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.