OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Austin Clarke 

• Setting

  An open space near Templeogue, or any other English-speaking district outside Dublin.

• Synopsis

  A couple begin to play out a scene in their garden in a peice that borrows characters and tropes from the Commedia dell'arte and Harlequinade traditions.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  1

• Total

  3

• Cast Notes

  Female role is doubled

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1946

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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