OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Arthur Duff 

• Setting

  The action of the play takes place in the sitting-room of 'Sandringham', the Weldon's home in a suburb of Dublin towards the end of the Anglo-Irish struggle.

• Synopsis

  A play about the impact of the establishment of the Irish Free State on a well-to-do Dublin Protestant family ast they gradually find their position in society challenged by the staunch Catholicism of the new State.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  8

• Cast Size Female

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 April 1937

• Producer

  Produced by Longford Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.