Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Denis Johnston 

• Suíomh

  Set in a cafe in Dublin during Easter Week of 1916.

• Achoimre

  Johnston wrote this play about the Rising of 1916 as an alternative view to O'Casey's pacifism in The Plough and the Stars - hence DJ's parodic title. It takes place in a cafe overlooking O'Connell Street where the rebels seize the General Post Office. An Irish officer with the British troops sent to suppress the rebellion is confronted by one of the rebel leaders, modeled on Patrick Pearse. Together they spar over the destiny of Ireland and the British Empire, and the clash of ideals that lay at the heart of the conflict. A young rebel and the cafe waitress present very different views of the populace towards the rebellion. Another character, a doctor, who is present by chance and serves as an observer to the action is modeled on Oliver St John Gogarty.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  9

• Female

  2

• Total

  11

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  14 March 1958

• Nótaí faoin Léiriú

  Produced by the Poets' Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• Nótaí faoin Ionad

  Premiered at the Poets' Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

  Subsequently produced in the Queens Theatre, Dublin by the Abbey Theatre on 19th May 1958.

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the published playscript and other published material.