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The Lord Mayor

A Comedy in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Edward McNulty 

  • Suíomh

    County Dublin

  • Achoimre

    Egged on by his overly-ambitious wife, Jem O'Brien becomes a member of the City Council. He becomes so involved in the council that he neglects his own business, accumulating catastrophic debts in the process. Unable to pay these debts, O'Brien's solicitor hatches a cunning a plan: O'Brien will run for the office of Lord Mayor, so as to escape his debtors...

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    11

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    16

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Kelly Michael Hayes (1)
Mrs. Murphy Sheila O'Sullivan
O'Brien Sean Connolly
Moira O'Brien Cathleen McCarthy
Mrs O'Brien Maureen Delany
Gaffney Reginald Montgomery
Mrs. Moloney Maura O'Byrne
Foireann Léirithe  
Léirithe ag Andrew Patrick Wilson

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    The Lord Mayor, A Dublin Comedy in 3 Acts

  • Bliain

    1917

  • Foilsithe ag

    Maunsel

  • Seoladh

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

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