OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Alice Coghlan 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Molière

• Author Notes

  A new site-specific staging of Molière's 1668 comedy

• Setting

  Georgian Dublin

• Synopsis

  Old Harpagon has sent his debtors to the gallows. Now it's time to send his children to the devil. For his loving daughter he has selected a marriage without dowry and a rich widow for his dandy son. But when Harpagon lusts after the same girl as his son, all comic hell breaks loose and his children conspire to trick this dirty Scrooge out of his beloved treasure chest.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  4

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  09 September 2007

• Production Notes

  Produced as part of the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival.

• Producer

  Produced by Wonderland Productions

• Venue Notes

  First performed in the James Joyce Centre, North Great George's Street, Dublin.

Source Of Information

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