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Right Again Barnum

A Comedy

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Joseph Tomelty 

  • Suíomh

    The kitchen of a cottage outside Drogheda in 1941.

  • Achoimre

    The Marley family hurridly evacuate to the Boyne country after their house is blown up in the Belfast Blitz. Together with their friend Barney Brudge, who is newly converted to religion after his near-death experience, they find lodging in the country with archaologist Jack Hart, who seems kindly and learned. In the next few days, however, the characterful Marleys discover all is not as it seems, and through numerous scrapes and adventures, resourceful Martha, lovelorn Gugs, would-be composer Willie John and loveable scatterbrained Rabby discover the truth.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    2

  • Total

    7

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Gugs Marley Elizabeth Begley
Jack Hart John F. Tyrone
Mrs Marley Min Milligan
Willie John Marley James Young
Rabby Marley John McDade
Barney Brudge Jack O'Malley
Albert Bonin Patrick Canavan
Foireann Léirithe  
Dan Fitzpatrick
Bainisteoir Ginerálta Joseph Tomelty
Léirithe ag J.R. Mageean
Bainisteoir Stáitse Dan Fitzpatrick
Dan O'Connell (1)
W. Erskine Mayne

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Right Again, Barnum: a Comedy in Three Acts

  • Bliain

    1950

  • Foilsithe ag

    H.R. Carter Publications Ltd.

  • Seoladh

    2 Marcus Ward Street
    Belfast
    Antrim
    Northern Ireland

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry has come from the company programme for the premiere production, the published script and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.