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Abdication

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    H.T. Lowe-Porter 

  • Achoimre

    A melodrama about a struggle for power amongst royalty, written in Elizabethan verse.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    25

  • Female

    18

  • Total

    43

  • Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

    In addition to the above cast, an unspecified number of Citizens, Miners etc. were provide by Miss Josephine Albericci of Dublin School of Acting.

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    27 September 1948

  • Nótaí faoin Léiriú

    Marjory Hawtrey's dress in Act II by Lesley Lind, Embassy Theatre, London. Men's Costumes by SAMUELS, London. Gaiety Orchestra under the direction of Bay Jellett.

  • Leiriú

    Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

  • Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

    Gaiety Theatre

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
The Duchess Agnes Kelly
First Lady-in-Waiting Eileen Morrison
Second Miner Frank Murphy (1)
Second Equerry Peter Allen
First Equerry Ian Sainsbury
Third Minister Kendrick Huxham
First Duke Patrick Crean
The First Princess Mary Rose McMaster
The Second Princess Helena Hughes
Rumour Helena Hughes
Second Lady-in-Waiting Elizabeth Cheatle
Second Nurse Wendy Fowler
Soldiers James Lucas
Children Ann Daly
Children Gloria Byrne
Children Maurice Devitt
Singers Anthony Nolan
Singers Joseph Flood
Singers Mairin Fenning
Nurse with Infant Una O'Higgins
Miner's Wife Monica Coen
Second Duke John Battles
The Foreign Lady Sheila Burrell
Fifth Minister Liam Gannon
The King Denis Brennan
First Nurse Isobel Couser
Itinerant Speaker Rory Kilkenny
Governess Daphne Carroll
The Prince Micheál Mac Liammóir
The Bard Hilton Edwards
The Privy Councillor Hilton Edwards
Third Duke Godfrey Quigley
The Premier Reginald Jarman
The Queen Marjory Hawtrey
Soldiers Seamus McDonald
Singers Hilda White
The Archbishop Robert Hennessy (1)
A Cleric Gearoid O'Lochlann
Second Minister Gearoid O'Lochlann
Sixth Minister Art O'Murnaghan
Miner Patrick Nolan
Soldiers John Tully
Fourth Minister Richard Pollock
The Countess Cathleen Delany
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Hilton Edwards
Carl Bonn
Dearthóir Soilsithe Hilton Edwards
Cultacha Carl Bonn
Comhairleoir Rince Cepta Cullen
Stiúrthóir Ceoil Adolphe Gébler
Cóiriú Ceoil Adolphe Gébler
Stiúrthóir Ceoil Bay Jellett
Bainisteoir Raymond Percy
Bainisteoir Stáitse Eric Copley
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Mary Rose McMaster
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Godfrey Quigley
Tógáil Seit T. Daly
Paul Smith
Déantóir na bhFeisteas Paul Smith
Don Farquharson

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Abdication; Or, All is true

  • Bliain

    1950

  • Foilsithe ag

    Knopf

  • Seoladh

    (now part of Random House)
    USA

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.randomhouse.com/knopf/

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from press cuttings