OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  J. Bernard MacCarthy 

• Setting

  The bare kitchen of a country cottage in South-East Cork; Evening.

• Synopsis

  Desperate to provide for his dying wife,Hugh Connell tries to pursuade his brother Mike to become an informer.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  2

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 April 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