Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Seumus O'Kelly 

• Suíomh

  Outside Monahan's farmhouse.

• Achoimre

  In this comedy of errors, a farmer gets land by compulsory purchase and tries to put one over on his neighbour but ends up having some of his own land compulsorily bought to house a labourer from his neighbour's farm. All the while, the poor labourer falls in love with a girl but she can't love him while he has no home of his own. WHen he eventually gets one he has changed his mind about the girl, until he sees the error of his ways and he falls back in love with her.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  1

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  07 October 1919

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

  Presented in a prgramme which included The Country Dressmaker, three-act comedy by George Fitzmaurice

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.