Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Lady Gregory 

• Suíomh

  The side of a quay in a port town.

• Achoimre

  Three policemen post a £100 reward notice for the capture of a criminal. One stays on guard as the other two continue on their way. Some time later, a ballad singer arrives and is questioned. He sees the notice about the criminal and tells the policeman that the man they are looking for has killed several officers. The policeman, stricken with fear, announces that the search would require a substantial part of the force and that married men should not be called on because of the danger involved. He persuades the ballad singer to remain with him on his watch. The ballad singer turns out to be the very man they are trying to apprehend, but he is unwittingly allowed to escape.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  09 March 1907

• 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.