Lennox Robinson
The play begins and ends in Mrs. Riordan's drawing-room in the National Bank, Knock, but on occasion, passes to Miss Pettigrew's house, or Honor Bewley's bedroom or to a doctor's waiting-room near Paddington or to Jim Daly's lodging-house in Dublin or to a graveyard. The period of the play varies from one evening to a few months.
A young playwright is looking for a subject for his play and his aunt suggests that he write about his own area in Church Street and the potential dramas that could unfold there. He does so, and the play is enacted by people he knows before his eyes, but by the end he has some difficulty in separating fact from fiction.
Drámaí Ginearálta
Aon-ghníomh
7
8
15
21 May 1934
Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Selected Plays of Lennox Robinson chosen and introduced by Christopher Murray
1982
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The information for this entry was taken from the published play script and from press cuttings of the time.