Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  George Fitzmaurice 

• Suíomh

  Rural Ireland.

• Achoimre

  When aspiring dandy Humphrey and his wife Kytie appear to lose their life-savings as a result of a bank collapse, their greedy in-laws appear in the hope of making a financial killing. Humphrey is determined to hang on to his dreams, however...

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  15 June 1977

• Leiriú

  Produced by Druid

• Nótaí faoin Ionad

  First performed at the Fo'Castle, Galway as part of Druid's Anglo-Irish theatre season.

• Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

  Completed around 1940 and published in the Dublin Magazine in 1948, 'There Are Tragedies and Tragedies' was first performed by the St Mary's College Musical and Dramatic Society, Dublin, in January 1953. The details listed here refer to the play's professional premiere in 1977, the centenary of Fitzmaurice's birth.

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the Druid Company website and from the book 'George Fitzmaurice:Wild In His Own Way' by Fiona Brennan.