OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Eoghan Ó Tuairisc 

• Setting

  I dtrátha na Nollag sna Leaca Dorcha, áit shamhailteach, sa lá atá inniu ann (1979).

• Notes

  Bhuaigh an dráma Duais an Oireachtais in 1975. Sa leagan foilsithe luaitear gurb é Ramonn(sic) Ó Guaillí a bhí i mbun an léirithe. Ba é Éamonn Ó Guallaí (Eddie Golden) a bhí i gceist.

• Synopsis

  A Theatre of the Absurd play. A monk falls into a deep slumber and wakes up in a land of rocks and trees called Na Leaca Dorcha. An ancient pagan ritual known as 'The Swop' is practiced there at the festival of Mid-Winter where every man must swop his wife or sleeping partner with another man for that night.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  5

• Total

  12

• Cast Notes

  Úsáidtear Cór na nAghaidheanna Fidil tríd an dráma ar fad. Is foireann d'amhránaithe is de cheoltóirí iad, idir fhir agus mhná.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 October 1977

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Ar stáitse na Péacóige a leiríodh an dráma seo.

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ó ghearrthóga nuachta agus ón leagan foilsithe den dráma. Fuarthas breis eolais faoi sa leabhar 'Drámaí Eoghan Uí Thuairisc' le Martin Nugent.