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Birth of a Giant

A play in three acts by Nora MacAdam

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Nora MacAdam 

  • Suíomh

    The action takes place in the kitchen of the Watson house, Buick Street, Belfast, in August 1855, and over the following three months.

  • Achoimre

    A time of change in the Belfast shipyards as they move from timber to steel construction, together with labour agitation, impinges on the lives of local people.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    10

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Mrs Larkin May Craig
Harry Moody J Prendergast
Robert Watson William O'Gorman
Pat Larkin John McDarby
Susan Larkin Kitty Thuillier
James Cathcart Austin Meldon
John Myers Denis O'Dea
Ruth Watson Sheila Manahan
Lily Watson Eileen Crowe
Tommy Mallin Charles FitzSimons
Foireann Léirithe  
Soilsiú Udolphus Wright
Léirithe ag Michael J. Dolan
Bainisteoir Stáitse Cecil Ford
Dearthóir Anne Yeats

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Seoladh

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Guthán

    +353 1 6030200

  • Ríomhphost

    info@nli.ie

  • Suíomh Idirlín

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Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

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.