OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  John B. Keane 

• Adapted / Translated From

  John B. Keane

• Author Notes

  Assembled by Ray McAnally and Barry Cassin from 'Letters Of A Matchmaker'(1975)

• Setting

  Rural Ireland in the 1950s.

• Synopsis

  The play follows the efforts of Kerryman Dicky Mick Dicky O'Connor as he corresponds with a variety of lonely rural males and females eager to find a mate.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  1

• Total

  2

• Cast Notes

  The play features a broad range of characters, to be played as a two-hander.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  16 July 1975

• Production Notes

  First produced by Old Quay Productions.

• Original Venue

  Eblana Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from Phyllis Ryan's memoir 'The Company I Kept' (1996) and from press clippings.