OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Richard Rowley 

• Setting

  Scene: The kitchen of Kinnehalla Lodge, County Down. Time: During the "Trouble".

• Synopsis

  It is the night before the marriage of Piers Coyne, the Unionist holder of Kinnehalla Lodge. Three people sitting round the fire in a County Down kitchen and ponder the tragedy which has befallen the Coyne family down the generations. Centuries earlier, his ancestors had forced an Irish chieftain’s red-haired daughter into an unwilling strategic marriage, with tragic consequences. Now, Piers Coyne has fallen for a red-haired descendent of that same chieftain – and now, as then, shots will ring out on the eve of the wedding.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  2

• Total

  3

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 January 1933

• Producer

  Produced by Northern Drama League

• Original Venue

  Central Hall
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the company programme, held at Belfast's Linen Hall Library Theatre Archive, and from press cuttings sourced for this project.