OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  St. John Greer Ervine 

• Setting

  Northern Ireland, the eve of the twelfth of July.

• Synopsis

  A play about a Belfast workman from a long line of proud Orangemen. Struck down by illness on the twelfth of July, he laments he the fact that he cannot leave his bed and will be unable to take part in the Orange march. Determined to maintain the family tradition, he tries to persuade his son to march in his place.His son, however, holds entirely different political beliefs and refuses to comply.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  1

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 March 1914

• 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