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The Coloured Balloon

A Comedy in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

Margaret O'Leary
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

4
Female

7
Total

11

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

28 August 1944
Leiriú

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

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Sally Joyce	Máire Ní Dhomhnaill
Sonny Manning	Patrick Fay
Jerry Joyce	F J McCormick
Geoffrey Burke, N.T.	Fred Johnson
Philomena Burke	Eithne Dunne
Mrs Mollie Manning	Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Catherine Nolan	Eileen Crowe
Mrs Hannah Burke	May Craig
Mina Joyce	Ria Mooney
Carmel	Joan Plunkett

Foireann Léirithe
Stiúrthóir	Frank Dermody
Léirithe ag	Frank Dermody
Bainisteoir Stáitse	Udolphus Wright

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

Contact

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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.