OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Christie Gilbert 

• Setting

  Scene: the kitchen of Jane Cummins's house in Ballymacarrett, Belfast. Time: the present.

• Synopsis

  When a Belfast couple discover that their elderly neighbour has been hoarding her meagre wealth in an old stocking, they try to wrest the money from her by exerting ‘gentle’ persuasion. In the process, the woman dies of shock. Attempting to stage this as a suicide, the neighbours flee and leave the gas on in the house. When the woman’s drunken sister returns home, she strikes a match …

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  3

• Total

  4

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.