The Well of the Saints

Duration: 40

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Adapts John M. Synge's play which relates a tragi-comic tale of Martin and Mary Doul, a ragged and blind couple. Shows the couple having their sight miraculously restored by a Saint and the bitter disillusionment that follows until they become blind once again. Provides an example of "folk drama" based on the language and humor of the Irish peasantry.

Complete Record: Adapts John M. Synge's play which relates a tragi-comic tale of Martin and Mary Doul, a ragged and blind couple. Shows the couple having their sight miraculously restored by a Saint and the bitter disillusionment that follows until they become blind once again. Provides an example of "folk drama" based on the language and humor of the Irish peasantry.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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