OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Teresa Deevy 

• Setting

  Post-revolutionary Ireland

• Notes

  First performed as 'A Disciple', the play was published under this title in 'The Dublin Magazine' (Volume XII:1)in 1937. It was later republished in 1947 in a collection of Deevy's one-act play's under the title 'In Search of Valour', and has also been performed and published as 'The Enthusiast'.

• Synopsis

  Longing to escape her dull and restricted life, the young domestic servant Ellie takes inspiration from Shakespeare's 'Corialanus' and sets out to find herself a hero...

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  3

• Cast Size Female

  4

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  24 August 1931

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.