OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Bernard Duffy 

• Setting

  Rural Ireland

• Synopsis

  A satire about human shortcomings, built up around an entertaining battle of wits between a tinker and a shrewd countrywoman.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  1

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  08 February 1916

• 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.