Note
Scene: Some lonely mountainous district in the east of Ireland one or more centuries ago.
THE WELL OF THE SAINTS was first produced in the Abbey Theatre in February, 1905, by the Irish National Theatre Society, under the direction of W. G. Fay, and with the following cast.
Martin Doul W. G. FAY Mary Doul EMMA VERNON TimmyGEORGE ROBERTS Molly Byrne SARA ALLGOOD Bride MAIRE NICSHIUBHLAIGH Mat Simon P. MAC SHIUBHLAIGH The Saint F. J. FAYOTHER GIRLS AND MEN
Persons in the Play
MARTIN DOUL, weather-beaten, blind beggar MARY DOUL, his wife, weather-beaten, ugly woman, blind also, nearly fifty TIMMY, a middle-aged, almost elderly, but vigorous smith MOLLY BYRNE, fine-looking girl with fair hair BRIDE, another handsome girl MAT SIMON THE SAINT, a wandering friar OTHER GIRLS AND MEN