Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  J. Bernard MacCarthy 

• Suíomh

  Stephen Moran's parlour and a room in the National Hotel; the present.

• Achoimre

  A young priest, Tom Moran, returns to the town where his parents live and embarks on an anti-drink crusade.His parents, however, have entered the liquor trade and this is now their sole source of income. They plead with him to stop his crusade for fear that they will lose their livelihood. Fr Moran relents when he learns that his brother, who has been caught embezzling money, will be jailed unless their parents manage to save up enough money through their beer-selling enterprise to pay off his debts. The priest gives up his mission in order to allow the honour of the family to be restored.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  2

• Total

  13

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  22 January 1917

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

  Presented in a programme with Hyacinth Halvey by Lady Gregory.

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.