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A Priest in the Family

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Kieran Tunney  John Synge 

  • Suíomh

    Set in Kate Murphy's Public House in a small town in Southern Ireland from 1947 - 1949.

  • Achoimre

    Mrs. Murphy is a hardworking woman who has made enough money from farming to buy a small pub. She has sacrificed her elder son's ambition to join the priesthood by insisting he labour on the farm. He becomes a drunk. Having made some money, Mrs Murphy now desires respectability and so forces the younger son into the priesthood and away from the girl he loves.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Méid na Fóirne ( Fireann)

    3

  • Méid na Fóirne (Baineann)

    4

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    17 September 1951

  • Nótaí faoin Léiriú

    Subsequently played at the Westminister Theatre, London in October 1951.
  • Leiriú

  • Ionad an Chéad Léirithe


  • Nótaí faoin Ionad

    Premiered at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Carrie Donovan Maire O'Neill (2)
Rory Murphy Ronnie Walsh
Patrick Molloy John MacDarby
Shelagh O'Connor Sheila Manahan
Sean Murphy Joseph O'Connor(2)
Norah Black Sheila Ward
Kate Murphy Maureen Delaney
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Andre Van Gyseghem
Richard Lake

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    A Priest In The Family: A Play in Two Acts

  • Bliain

    1953

  • Foilsithe ag

    Publisher not found

  • Seoladh

    England

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Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the published playscript and other printed material.