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David Mahony

A Play in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

Victor O'Donovan Power
Suíomh

Glandore, a seaside village in West Cork.
Achoimre

The trials of love between Norrie Burke, a young girl who has moved to the village to live with her aunt, and David, the eldest son of the widow Mahony, a timid lad still very much under the influence of his mother.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

2
Female

3
Total

5

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

29 January 1914
Leiriú

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

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Flurry Mahony	Philip Guiry
Norrie Burke	Eithne Magee
David Mahony	H E Hutchinson
Peggy Hegarty	Kathleen Drago
The Widow Mahony	Nora Desmond

Foireann Léirithe
Léirithe ag	Lennox Robinson

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

Contact

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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