OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Seán Ó hÓgáin 

• Setting

  Tigh Thaidhg Uí Fhathaigh agus tigh Éamoinn Uí Choncheanainn, thart ar 1876.

• Synopsis

  Based on an incident which supposedly happened fifty years previously, the play deals with a land-grabber, 'the bodach' who has won, not only the land but his rival's lover for his wife. The rival, a wasteful farmer, is about to lose his entire farm . His brother in-law comes back from America to help; he has no money but he has his own methods to deal with land-grabbers. It all comes to a tragic end.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  3

• Total

  10

• Cast Notes

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  06 December 1926

• Producer

  Produced by An Comhar Drámaíochta

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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