OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Hugh Leonard 

• Adapted / Translated From

  James Joyce

• Author Notes

  Based on the short story of the same name, first published in 1914.

• Setting

  The action passes in the first floor flat rented by the Morkan sisters on Ushers Island, and later in a bedroom of the Gresham Hotel. The time is an evening in early January 1901.

• Notes

  Presented as a double bill along with 'The Quick' as part of the 1967 Dublin Theatre Festival.

• Synopsis

  A stage adaptation of Joyce's celebrated short story.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  10

• Total

  14

• Cast Notes

  'Guests', also listed on the programme, were played by members of the Brendan Smith Academy of Acting.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  10 October 1967

• Producer

  Produced by Gemini Productions

• Original Venue

  3Olympia Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original playbill.