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Swans and Geese

A comedy in three acts by Elizabeth Connor.

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Elizabeth Connor 

  • Suíomh

    The drawing-room of the Cantwells' home in early Autumn.

  • Achoimre

    Ordinary trades people in a country town discover that the laggardly father-in-law they've been reluctantly harbouring is, under a pseudonym, a famous poet. A journalist sees a publicity coup in the making, and social advancement may come to the family.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    12

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Lena Cantwell Ria Mooney
Lucille Cantwell Joan Plunkett
Tommy O'Connor Joseph Linnane
John Cantwell Denis O'Dea
P.J. Wynn F J McCormick
Sergeant, Civic Guards Liam Redmond
Simon Cusack Gerard Healy
Mary Eithne Dunne
Maggie Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Beatrice Capelli Eileen Crowe
Robert Cantwell Michael J. Dolan
Tim Hannigan William O'Gorman
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Frank Dermody
Seit Michael Clarke (2)
Léirithe ag Frank Dermody
Bainisteoir Stáitse Udolphus Wright
Siúinéir J F Barlow

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

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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.