Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Gertrude Robins 

• Achoimre

  The story concerns a poor Russian emigrant who returns home from America but attempts to conceal his identity from his parents. Pretending to know their son, he asks if he can stay the night at the couple's home, offering a bottle of vodka and some money. The old woman persuades her husband to kill the stranger as he sleeps in order to steal his money. The old man does so, and only when it is too late does he realize that he has killed his own son.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  1

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  10 April 1913

• 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.