OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Kate O'Brien 

• Setting

  Drumaninch, Ireland, 1939

• Synopsis

  A French actress, Angele Maury, finds herself in Drumaninch, the birthplace of her dead father, Tom Kernahan. She meets her relatives there and two cousins, Tom and Martin, become rivals for her affections. Adapted by O'Brien from her novel of the same name.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 June 1944

• Original Venue

  Phoenix Theatre
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Brefni O'Rorke, Ria Mooney, Maureen Delany, Cyril Cusack appeared in an Irish production at the Gaiety Theatre in July 1945.

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