OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Elmer Rice 

• Setting

  The Action of the Play takes place in the Dublin Gate Theatre.

• Synopsis

  A clever, self-referential satire on dramatic construction that explicitly invites comparison with Pirandello in an ingenious play-within-a-play-within-a-play structure.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  7

• Cast Size Female

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 December 1935

• Production Notes

  Following their successful production of the Elmer Rice's expressionist play "The Adding Maching" at the Peacock, Edwards-Mac Liammoir secured the rights to this new comedy prior to its New York run

• Producer

  Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

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