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Castlereagh

An Ulster Play of 1798

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Thomas Carnduff 

  • Suíomh

    Belfast and Mountstewart in 1798.

  • Nótaí

    The Thomas Carnduff Archive is held as a special collection of Queen's University Belfast.

  • Achoimre

    A study of late eighteenth century Ireland, this play is chiefly concerned with the struggle between Lord Castlereagh and the Reverend James Porter, a Presbyterian minister who refuses all pressures to cease his campaign against contemporary Castle authorities.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    11

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Reverend James Porter Charles Fagan
Henry Joy McCracken R. Forsythe Boyd
Belle Martin Myrtle Adams
Captain Bradshaw Bruce Dawson
James Hope R.H. MacCandless
Alexander Knox Harold Goldblatt
Rosie Hope Nancy Cullen
Davie Charles E. Owens
Lord Castlereagh Richard Hayward
Lady Castlereagh Elma Hayward
Thomas Russell Raymond Thompson
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Richard Hayward
Léiritheoir J.R. Mageean
Bainisteoir Stáitse Dan Fitzpatrick

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

  • Contact

    Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of Northern Ireland

  • Seoladh

    The Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North
    Belfast BT1 5GB
    Northern Ireland

Eolas Faoi Chearta

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry has come from the company programme, from press reviews of the premiere production, and from a reading of the playscript.