OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Aidan Harney 

• Setting

  The action takes place in Co. Louth and New York from 1873 to 1914.

• Synopsis

  Dundalk-based, noviciate Christian Brother, John Philip Holland is obsessed with his design for a bizarre, submergible craft. He soon finds himself caught up in the frantic, international race to tame 'the Mistress of the Sea'. Infused with the inventiveness of the eccentric genius, this true-story drama tells the little-known tale of 'the father of the modern submarine' and one of Ireland's greatest, unsung naval heroes.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  1

• Total

  7

• Cast Notes

  Doubling possible among male roles.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  30 April 2008

• Producer

  Presented by Upstate Theatre Project

• Original Venue

  Droichead Arts Centre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.