OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  M.J. Farrell  John Perry 

• Setting

  London, 1930s

• Synopsis

  Money and class are central concerns in Spring Meeting, where Sir Richard's meanness and snobbishness - rejecting a working-class Catholic as a suitable son-in-law - prevents his daughters from marrying until he is outfoxed at cards by the aptly named Tiny Fox-Collier.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Original Production

• Date of First Production

• Original Venue

  Gaiety Theatre
  

• Venue Notes

  Irish premiere in 1939. UK premiere at Piccadilly Theatre, London, in 1938.

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