OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Séamus Ó Néill 

• Setting

  Oileán ar chósta thiar na hÉireann. (1961)

• Synopsis

  The scene is set on a island of 300 ultra-superstitious people on the western coast. An American anthropologist comes to the island and lives there for 9 months. In that time he manages to make himself extremely unpopular and eventually he is murdered. An inspector and policeman from the mainland try to discover the murderer but no one is co-operating with the investigation. The superstition of 2,000 years, mixed up in a crazy way with Catholic piety comes face to face with the police.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  3

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  05 June 1961

• Producer

  Produced by An Damer

• Original Venue

  The Damer Hall/An Damer
  

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ó Stair Dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge 1900-1970 le P Ó Siadhail.