Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Joseph Tomelty 

• Suíomh

  The kitchen of a cottage outside Drogheda in 1941.

• Achoimre

  The Marley family hurridly evacuate to the Boyne country after their house is blown up in the Belfast Blitz. Together with their friend Barney Brudge, who is newly converted to religion after his near-death experience, they find lodging in the country with archaologist Jack Hart, who seems kindly and learned. In the next few days, however, the characterful Marleys discover all is not as it seems, and through numerous scrapes and adventures, resourceful Martha, lovelorn Gugs, would-be composer Willie John and loveable scatterbrained Rabby discover the truth.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  2

• Total

  7

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  07 December 1943

• Leiriú

  Produced by Ulster Group Theatre

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Group Theatre
  

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry has come from the company programme for the premiere production, the published script and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.