OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  John Guinan 

• Synopsis

  Phil Dolan and Nancy Kennedy are too shy to declare their love for each other. Nancy’s nieces, meanwhile, are anxious to marry but have been informed by their grandmother that whoever remains with their aunt longest will get the house and the farm. In any case, the only men in the area seeking marriage are far more interested in the prospect of land than women...

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 April 1913

• 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.