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Denis Johnston
Act I: Dotheright's home. Act II: The local offices of the Comet. Outside a suburban post office. Act III: The local offices of the Comet. A room in a Police Court. Dotheright's home.
The play is based on the true story of an old man in Ireland who having been cheated by his employer and moved by the injustices of the world and hearing people lauding rebels and revolutionaries, decides to lead a rebellion himself and declare himself president. It turns out to be only a one-man rebellion and he is naturally arrested. But instead of being imprisoned as he expected, he is sent to a lunatic asylum. At the end of the play the other characters get together a bond for his good behavior so that he can be released, and they meet to welcome him back home. But his reaction is not what they expect. The play is billed as a comedy but as Denis Johnston puts it, "It should also be remembered that the highest art of comedy is sometimes to leave people wondering why they ever laughed at all."
Plays General
Full-Length
7
4
25 April 1939
The tune for the 'Irrational Anthem' written by Arthur Duff.
Presented by Longford Productions
Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, Vol. Two
1979
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