Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  St. John Greer Ervine 

• Suíomh

  Northern Ireland, the eve of the twelfth of July.

• Achoimre

  A play about a Belfast workman from a long line of proud Orangemen. Struck down by illness on the twelfth of July, he laments he the fact that he cannot leave his bed and will be unable to take part in the Orange march. Determined to maintain the family tradition, he tries to persuade his son to march in his place.His son, however, holds entirely different political beliefs and refuses to comply.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  1

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  13 March 1914

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

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