OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Sam McCready 

• Adapted / Translated From

  William Butler Yeats

• Setting

  The ruins of an old house

• Synopsis

  An interpretation of three short plays by WB Yeats: Purgatory, Calvary and The Resurrection. The three plays here become one, united by the central figure of an old beggar.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  12

• Female

  2

• Total

  14

• Cast Notes

  Doubling and trebling of roles

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  28 June 1983

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

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