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When the Dawn is Come

A Tragedy in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Thomas MacDonagh 

  • Suíomh

    50 years hence in Ireland at the time of the insurrection.
    Council Chamber of the Irish Army
    The action passes in one evening.

  • Achoimre

    An imagined evening of the "Council of Ireland", which comprises seven captains of the Irish insurgent army. Thurlough MacKeran, the Irish general, hatches a daring plot to defeat the opposing army, however he keeps his plans to himself rather than trust his captains.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    11

  • Female

    2

  • Total

    13

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Patrick Ryan Udolphus Wright
Mac Eamonn J.H. Dunne
Irish Soldier as Guard G. Fitzgerald
Ita MacOscar Sara Allgood
Connor O'Gatry J A O'Rourke
Thurlough MacKieran J M Kerrigan
Hugh MacOscar Sydney J Morgan
Reamonn O'Sullivan Arthur Sinclair
Sheela O'Hara Máire O'Neill (1)
Alexander Walker Fred O'Donovan (1)
Rory MacMahon Ambrose Power
Father John Joyce Eric Gorman
Irish Soldier as Guard Maurice McCall

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    When the Dawn is Come by Thomas MacDonagh

  • Bliain

    1908

  • Foilsithe ag

    Maunsel

  • Seoladh

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

  • Teideal

    Four Rebel Plays/ Edited and Introduced by James Moran

  • Bliain

    2007

  • Foilsithe ag

    Publisher not found

  • Seoladh

    England

  • ISBN

    9780716528531

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Eolas Faoi Chearta

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. Published script available in The National Library.