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The Mineral Workers

A Play in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

William Boyle
Achoimre

A play about the struggle between rural values and industrial development.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

8
Female

3
Total

11

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

20 October 1906
Leiriú

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

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Patrick	Udolphus Wright
Mary	Alice O'Sullivan
Dan Fogarty	W.G. Fay
Ned Mulroy	Arthur Power
Dick	J F Barlow
Mrs Walton	Sara Allgood
Uncle Bartle	J A O'Rourke
Sir Thomas Musgrove	Arthur Sinclair
Kitty	Máire O'Neill (1)
Stephen J O'Reilly	Frank Fay
Mr Casey	Harry Young

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Teideal

The Mineral Workers: A Play in Four Acts/ by William Boyle
Bliain

1910
Foilsithe ag

M H Gill and Son Ltd
Seoladh

Republic of Ireland

Eolas Faoi Chearta

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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