OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  R.J. Ray 

• Setting

  Set in the village of Drangronan during the Land War.

• Synopsis

  A psychological study of Michael John Dillon, enemy of the law and local desperado, whose long line of villainy eventually leads him to murder his landlord.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  3

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  25 April 1917

• 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.