Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Thomas Carnduff 

• Suíomh

  The Sandy Row district of Belfast

• Nótaí

  The extant script is incomplete, with Act I missing. Hence, the cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere production. As such, cast size details should be taken as approximate.

• Achoimre

  Susan, a working-class girl, endures a difficult marriage to shipyard worker John Waddell, an alcoholic wife-beater. After much persuasion, she decides to leave him for Jim Bowman, her former sweetheart and Waddell's fellow-worker. At her point of departure, Waddell is seriously injured at the shipyard and Susan decides her ultimate duty is to stay by his side.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  2

• Total

  9

• Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

  9

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  14 October 1932

• Leiriú

  Produced by Belfast Repertory Theatre Company

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

  Though premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, as indicated here, the play was subsequently given a Belfast premiere almost immediately afterwards at the Empire Theatre, on November 22 1932, and was thoroughly reviewed by the local press in both locations.

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry has come from the play typescript, and from press cuttings held at the Linen Hall Library Theatre and Performing Arts Archive, Belfast.