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The House of Cards

A Satirical Comedy

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Frank Carney 

  • Suíomh

    A Factory.
    A Dockside Public House.
    A Room in a Tenement.
    A Bedroom in the House of Ultan T. Ferriter.
    A Theatre Bar.

  • Achoimre

    Yvonne Artois, an artist, is giving an exhibition of her work. There are the usual bearded young men wearing corduroy in attendance. A tinker arrives and she has an epiphany about the shallowness of her life and goes off on an odyssey with her traveller guide through different milieus of the city.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    13

  • Female

    13

  • Total

    26

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Seamus O'Reactaire Harry Brogan
Charlie Joseph O'Dea
Yvonne Artois Evelyn Bowen
Happy Jack Markey Brendan O'Connor
Thalia Sykes-Parrot Joan Gorman
Dakko Fenci Dennis Barry
Lord Ravell Lionel Day
Second Beard Robert Mooney
Third Beard Desmond O'Connor
Statia Ryan Sheila Carty
New Girl Betty Murphy
Followers of Art Emily Irwin
First Beard Luke McLoughlin
Darrell Richards Cecil Brock
Gladys May Markey Sheila May
Pal Dermot Tuohy
Mary Bee Macken Daphne Carroll
Manni McDonough Gerard Healy
Sarah Ann Markey Josephine Fitzgerald
Nurse Sheila Maguire
Second Girl Sheila Maguire
Overseer Sheila Maguire
Followers of Art Anne Yeats
Johnny Roche Patrick Nolan
Ultan T. Ferriter Austin Meldon
Mrs. Sykes-Parrot May Carey
Followers of Art John Richards
Foireann Léirithe  
Ralph Cusack
Léiritheoir Shelah Richards
Léiritheoir Michael Walsh (2)
Cumadóir Ceoil Brian Boydell
Stiúrthóir Ceoil Robert Bolton
Stiúrthóir Stáitse Cecil Ford
Bainisteoir Stáitse Sheila Carty
Bainisteoir Stáitse Lorcan Bourke
Péintéir Seit Anne Yeats
Péintéir Seit Ralph Cusack
Péintéir Seit Thurloe Connolly
Fred Beasley
Poiblíocht Sean Dorman

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

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