OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Micheál Mac Liammóir 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Eugene O'Neill

• Author Notes

  Aistriúchán ar 'Before Breakfast' (1916)

• Synopsis

  A monologue delivered by a young woman as she rises early to prepare her husband's breakfast.It gradually becomes clear that their relationship is in crisis, and that it is her husband who is to blame for this.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  26 May 1931

• Producer

  Produced by An Comhar Drámaíochta

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón leabhar 'Stair Dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge 1900-1970' le Pádraig Ó Siadhail