OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Piaras Béaslaí 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Oliver Goldsmith

• Author Notes

  Aistriúchán ar 'She Stoops to Conquer' (1773)

• Setting

  Faoin tuath i ndeisceart Shasana (1773)

• Notes

  'Leagan Gaeilge a bheach oiriúnach d'aisteoirí agus do lucht éisteachta Gaeilge na haimsire seo' a thug Béaslaí féin air.

• Synopsis

  A comedy of class, courtship and dysfunctional families set in the heart of the English countryside. Tongue-tied, uptight young Charles Marlow longs for a wife, but women of his own standing terrify him. The barmaid seems fair game - but there's more to her than meets the eye.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  4

• Total

  15

• Cast Notes

  Is féidir méid na ngiollaí a athrú mar is gá.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  01 December 1929

• Producer

  Produced by An Comhar Drámaíochta

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Ar stáitse na Péacóige.

Source Of Information

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