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Major Barbara

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George Bernard (GB) Shaw
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The titular 'Major Barbara' is a moral woman attempting to lead a good life by devoting herself to working with down-&-outs at the Salvation Army. One reason for her career choice stems from her guilt associated with her father's business in munitions.
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Líon na Míreanna

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Cast size

Male

9
Female

5
Total

14

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

28 November 1905
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

The Royal Court Theatre

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Rummy Mitchens	Claire Greet
Bill Walker	Oswald Yorke
Peter Shirley	Fred Cremlin
Snobby Price	Arthur Laceby
Andrew Undershaft	Louis Calvert
Charles Lomax	Dawson Millward
Sarah Undershaft	Hazel Thompson
Barbara Undershaft	Annie Russell
Morrison	C.L. Delph
Lady Britomart Undershaft	Rosina Filippi
Stephen Undershaft	Hubert Harben
Jenny Hill	Dorothy Minto
Mrs. Baines	E. Wynne Matthison
Adolphus Cusins	Harley Granville-Barker
Bilton	Edmund Gwenn

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Teideal

Major Barbara by G.B. Shaw
Bliain

2000
Foilsithe ag

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