OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Sean O'Casey 

• Setting

  Dublin

• Synopsis

  A mythic story in which the repressed, fearful ways of an older generation are overthrown by the openness to love of a younger generation, stirred by the appearance of a mysterious statue.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  2

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  30 October 1962

• Producer

  Produced by American National Theatre and Academy (New York chapter)

• Original Venue

  Lucille Lortel Theatre (formerly Theatre de Lys)
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed when venue was known as the Theatre de Lys.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  First performed in Ireland on the Abbey Theatre's Peacock stage in 1975 in a double-bill along with The Moon Shines on Kylenamoe, directed by Tomás Mac Anna.

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