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The Canavans

A Comedy in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

Lady Gregory
Suíomh

Irish Village in Elizabethan times
Achoimre

A miller, Peter Canavan, struggles to stay away from the gallows as the return of his brother Anthony, a deserter from the Queen's army, brings trouble upon him.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

3
Female

2
Total

5

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

24 November 1906
Leiriú

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Widow Deeny	Máire O'Neill (1)
Captain Headley	Arthur Sinclair
Antony Canavan	J A O'Rourke
Peter Canavan	W.G. Fay
Widow Greely	Brigid O'Dempsey

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Teideal

Irish Folk History Plays Vol. 2/ by Lady Gregory
Bliain

1912
Foilsithe ag

Putnam, G.P.
Seoladh

London
England

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.