OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  F Barrington 

• Setting

  Rural Ireland

• Notes

  According to contemporary press cuttings, this play was written by an anonymous female playwright operating under the pseudonym 'F. Barrington'.

• Synopsis

  The selfish and scheming Maureen Dwyer employs black magic to try to rob her angelic sister Norah both of her husband-to-be Dinny and of her rights to the family farm.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 February 1920

• 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