Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Lord Dunsany 

• Suíomh

  Act one: The Slave Fields of King Durniak.<p> Act two: The Throne Hall of King Durniak.

• Achoimre

  Slaves await the death of the king's dog in the hope that they can have his bones for dinner. Among them is the overthrown King Argimenes, who initiates a revolt and succeeds in ousting his rival and regaining the throne. The dog,meanwhile, dies, and Argminenes orders it to be buried. The slaves onject, not fully comprehending that they are no longer subject to the oppressive regime of the previous king and that they can hope for something better to eat than the bones of a dead dog.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  10

• Female

  4

• Total

  14

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  26 January 1911

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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