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Kate O'Brien
Brixton, London, 1920s
Mable Hemworth is a houseproud, lower-middle class wife, more concerned with keeping up appearances than responding to her husband Natty's affections. Natty falls for Frances Llewellyn, a bookish, artistic, neighbour, with ultimately tragic consequences.
Plays General
Full-Length
12 July 1926
Haymarket Theatre
First professional performance was at the Haymarket Theatre, also known as the Little Theatre. Play was earlier peformed, on May 2, at the Aldwych Theatre, by an amatuer company.
Performed at the Abbey Theatre in January 1929.
Distinguished Villa
1926
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From Kate O'Brien: A Writing Life by Eibhear Walshe (Irish Academic Press; 2006)
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