OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Kenneth Sarr 

• Setting

  Quayside in Waterford City

• Synopsis

  Old Mag, an elderly Waterfordhawker, meets a drunken sailor one Christmas, only to discover that he is in fact none other than her own son,long since given up as lost at sea.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  6

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  22 December 1924

• 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.