OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Séamus Ó hAodha (1) 

• Setting

  I dtigh tábhairne i dTalamh an Éisc, san ochtú haois déag.

• Notes

  Bhuaigh an dráma seo Duais Amharclann na Mainistreach 1938. Cuireadh breis leis agus léiríodh arís é faoin teideal Giolla an Amaráin. Foilsíodh faoin teideal sin é freisin.

• Synopsis

  A play loosely based on the life of the poet Donnchadha Ruadh Mac Conamara. Set in a tavern in Newfoundland, the poet uses his gift of impromptu rhyming in English and in Irish but a row eventually breaks out between sour Irish sailors and English sailors.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  9

• Female

  1

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  15 May 1939

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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