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Spreading the News

A Comedy in One Act

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Lady Gregory 

  • Suíomh

    The Outskirts of a Fair

  • Achoimre

    In a small village in rural Ireland, a new (English) magistrate inspects stalls at the local fair, expecting the worst. Because of Mrs. Tarpey's hearing impairment and the villagers' love of gossip, a misunderstanding arises and starts to take root, leading to a false arrest for a murder that never happened...

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Aon-ghníomh

  • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    10

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
A Removable Magistrate Frank Fay
Shawn Early J.H. Dunne
Jack Smith P. MacShiubhlaigh
Mrs Tarpey Maire Ní Gharbhaigh
Tim Casey G. Roberts
Mrs Tully Emma Vernon
Bartley Fallon W.G. Fay
Mrs Fallon Sara Allgood
James Ryan Arthur Sinclair
A Police Sergeant R Nash

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Selected Plays of Lady Gregory

  • Bliain

    1993

  • Foilsithe ag

    Colin Smythe Ltd.

  • Seoladh

    P.O. Box 6
    Gerrards Cross
    Buckinghamshire SL9 8XA
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 1753 886000

  • Ríomhphost

    sales@colinsmythe.co.uk

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.colinsmythe.co.uk

  • ISBN

    0-86140-100-X

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  • Teideal

    Dubhairt Sé Dabhairt Sé

  • Foilsithe ag

    An Gúm

  • Seoladh

    Foras na Gaeilge, 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean
    Baile Átha Cliath 2
    Baile Átha Cliath
    Republic of Ireland

  • Guthán

    1850 325 325 / 0845 309 8142 (TÉ)

  • Ríomhphost

    eolas@forasnagaeilge.ie

  • Teideal

    Five great modern Irish plays : 'The playboy of the Western world', by John M. Synge; 'Juno and the Paycock', by Sean O'Casey; 'Riders to the sea', by John M. Synge; 'Spreading the news', by Lady Gregory; 'Shadow and Substance', by Paul Vincent Carroll /

  • Bliain

    1941

  • Foilsithe ag

    Random House

  • Seoladh

    New York
    USA

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  • Teideal

    Det glade budskab; by Lady Gregory ; [omslag: Marianne Bisballe]

  • Bliain

    2002

  • Foilsithe ag

    Publisher not found

  • Seoladh

    England

  • ISBN

    8778652960 9788778652966 8778652979 9788778652973

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The information for this entry was taken from Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.