Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Margaret O'Leary 

• Suíomh

  The action takes place in the County Cork.

• Nótaí

  Remarking on the audience's enthusiastic reaction to the play, critic Joseph Holloway suggested that O'Leary's piece was in some respects a female response to Synge's Playboy Of The Western World,and that the gypsy Ellen Dunne bore certain similarities to Christy Mahon.

• Achoimre

  Maurice O'Hara, a widower with two children, falls in love with gypsy Ellen Dunn, but is unwilling to part with his life of comfort to live with her by the side of the road.

  A realist peasant drama set in rural county Cork.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  4

• Total

  11

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  10 September 1929

• 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 from press cuttings.