OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Leon Ó Broin 

• Setting

  Oifig an Ard-Fheadhmannaigh, Baile Átha Cliath. (1928)

• Synopsis

  Ó Mainnín, chief-superintendent in the Gardaí, has a plan to extricate himself from a promise of marriage he made to a girl he met at the 'Siamsa Gaedhael', because he has made a committment to another girl he met the previous week at the same Siamsa. He loses both in the end and must pay £500 in compensation to them. A farce set among Dublin's middle-class.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 April 1928

• Producer

  Produced by An Comhar Drámaíochta

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

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