OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  George Fitzmaurice 

• Setting

  Rural Ireland.

• Synopsis

  When aspiring dandy Humphrey and his wife Kytie appear to lose their life-savings as a result of a bank collapse, their greedy in-laws appear in the hope of making a financial killing. Humphrey is determined to hang on to his dreams, however...

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  15 June 1977

• Producer

  Produced by Druid

• Venue Notes

  First performed at the Fo'Castle, Galway as part of Druid's Anglo-Irish theatre season.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Completed around 1940 and published in the Dublin Magazine in 1948, 'There Are Tragedies and Tragedies' was first performed by the St Mary's College Musical and Dramatic Society, Dublin, in January 1953. The details listed here refer to the play's professional premiere in 1977, the centenary of Fitzmaurice's birth.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the Druid Company website and from the book 'George Fitzmaurice:Wild In His Own Way' by Fiona Brennan.