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Teresa of Avila

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  • Drámadóir

    Hugh Ross Williamson 

  • Achoimre

    The story of the mystical spanish saint, Teresa of Avila. The play chronicles the setting up of the first Carmelite Reformed convent, the saint's vow of obedience to her confessor, Father Gracian, the establishment of the convent at Seville, the onslaught of the Observance section, the trumped uou scandal involving Father Gracian, Teresa's petition to the King and the re-establishment of the Reformed convents. It ends with her last vision, shortly before her death.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    3

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    7

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    11 September 1961

  • Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

    3Olympia Theatre

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Father Gracian Richard Pasco
Teresa of Avila Sybil Thorndike
Father General Lewis Casson
Carmelite Nun Rachel Kempson
King Philip II Ernest Milton
Carmelite Nun Veronica Turleigh
Carmelite Nun Betty Hardy
Foireann Léirithe
Stiúrthóir Norman Marshall

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

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