OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Séamus de Bhilmot 

• Setting

  Dráma suite i dteach solais in aimsir an chogaidh.

• Synopsis

  An anti-war drama set in a lighthouse during WW2. There are three men on duty, the Keeper (whose son is a sailor), the Radio Officer and a navy Captain. A message is relayed over the radio to turn off the light because it is being used by the enemy bombers who are targeting an arms factory next to where the Captain's family live. The Captain turns off the light and a ship is lost at sea - causing the death of the Keeper's son.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Total

  3

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  11 January 1942

• Producer

  Produced by An Comhar Drámaíochta

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ó ghearrthóga nuachta agus ó Stair Dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge 1900-1970 le P Ó Siadhail.