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Partition

A Political Skit

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    D C Maher 

  • Suíomh

    The border village of Ballynadurgh sometime in the imagined future (1920)

  • Achoimre

    Andy Kelly's house in Ballynadurgh is half in Leinster and half in Ulster. When Home Rule is introduced and partition enforced, a comic melee develops when baliffs from both jurisdictions try to catch up with him.

    A satirical imagining of the prospect of a divided Ireland.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    10

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    14

  • Eolas Faoin bhFoireann

    In addition to the listed cast, there were also coronet players, neighbours, etc

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Mrs McCloone Sheila O'Sullivan
Ulster Constable Michael Orr
Jamsie Kelly Master McCann
Iggy Murphy Charles Cruise O'Reilly
Sergeant McIlweeney Louis O'Connor
Ulster Constable Fred Harford
Andy Kelly Fred O'Donovan (1)
Bridgie Kelly Irene Kelly
Maggie McGee Mary Sheridan
Bennett Hubert Maguire
Donnelly Peter Nolan
Long Reilly Arthur Shields
Molly Kelly Maureen Delaney
Home Rule Constable Charles Saurin
Foireann Léirithe  
Léirithe ag J Augustus Keogh
Bainisteoir Francis Keogh
Bainisteoir Stáitse Charles Cruise O'Reilly

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Partition; a farical skit, by D.C. Maher

  • Bliain

    1951

  • Foilsithe ag

    Duffy

  • Seoladh

    England

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

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.