Ah Well, It Won't Be Long Now! AUTHOR Mary Manning (1) Setting Set in the library of Castlerochfort, a Georgian mansion somewhere in the south-east of Ireland. The time is the present(1971). Synopsis Sir Dermod Rochfort, one time bon-viveur and associate of all the great literary figures of his youth is celebrating his 90th birthday at Castlerochfort, the decaying Gothic Georgian mansion which serves as the family home. Money is needed to save the mansion and can be raised only by selling Sir Dermod’s papers and letters to the highest American Academic bidder. Unfortunately for all the documents concerned have disappeared… PLAY TYPE Plays General Number of Acts Full-Length Cast Size Male 8 Cast Size Female 3 Date of First Production 8 March 1971 Production In association with Dublin Theatre Festival Production Notes Produced by Olympia Productions. ORIGINAL VENUE Olympia Theatre Original Cast Simon Rochfort Emmet Bergin Press Representative Barry Blackmore Press Representative Joseph Conway Anna, Countess Bulof Beryl Fagan Biddy Lee Susan Hallinan Professor Morty Newman Philip O'Brien Sir Dermod Rochfort Milo O'Shea Press Representative John Pine Crunch Liam Sweeney Miranda Hope-Vesey Zoë Wanamaker Professor Herbert Gassner O.Z. Whitehead Production Team Director Roland Jaquarello Designer Peter Avery Lighting Tom Connor Set Dresser John Morley Stage Manager Edward Clarke Assistant Stage Manager John Pine Assistant Stage Manager Ruth Riddick Set Construction Charles Pearce CLICK HERE for information on script availability, production rights and translations for this play The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme. Printer friendly version