OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Andrew Patrick Wilson 

• Setting

  The Dublin tenements, 1913

• Synopsis

  A play about the General Strike of 1913 and of how it ultimately led to failure.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  4

• Total

  15

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  20 October 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.