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A comedy in three acts by St John Ervine

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Drámadóir

St. John Greer Ervine
Suíomh

The morning-room of Sir Samuel Lepper's mansion, Slieve Bearnagh House, at Stormont, outside Belfast.
Achoimre

Following the death of Sir Samuel Lepper a letter is read out to his assembled relatives in which the dead man dashes the expectations of those who had high hopes, and introduces an unacknowledged daughter for the first time.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

5
Female

5
Total

10

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

30 June 1941
Leiriú

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Fanny Cairns	Ria Mooney
Kate	May Craig
Mrs Corken	Eileen Crowe
Doreen Cairns	Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Jenny Conn	Eithne Dunne
Gourlay	Fred Johnson
Arthur Cairns	Gerard Healy
Edward Scantlebury	F J McCormick
Adam Bothwell	Denis O'Dea

Foireann Léirithe
Stiúrthóir	Frank Dermody
Dearthóir Seit	Michael Walsh (2)
Léirithe ag	Frank Dermody
Bainistíocht Stáitse	Udolphus Wright

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Teideal

Selected Plays of St.John Ervine chosen & introduced by John Cronin
Bliain

1988
Foilsithe ag

Colin Smythe Ltd.
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ISBN

0-86140-101-8

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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.

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