OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Aodh Mac Dhubháin 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Alexander Ostrovsky

• Author Notes

  Aistrithe ó 'The Storm'(1859)

• Setting

  An Rúis (1856)

• Synopsis

  The Storm offers a vivid picture of the savagery, intolerance and primitivism of mid-nineteenth century Russia. The play shows a world in which merchants abuse workers, social progress is spat upon and religion is a reactionary force. In such circumstances, the heroine, Katerina, has little hope. Saddled with a weak husband and a tyrannical mother-in-law, she falls helplessly in love with a rich merchant's nephew. Her guilt forces her to reveal the brief affair with fatal consequences.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  8

• Female

  7

• Total

  15

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  29 November 1942

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ó leabhar Lennox Robinson, Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951.