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The Old Broom

A Comedy in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    George Shiels 

  • Suíomh

    Broom's House, in Purdystown, and a lodging-house in Belfast, over a twenty-four hour period.

  • Achoimre

    Archy and Emily are an embarrassment to Archy's well-to-do family, with Archy himself having served time, and Emily being the family's former servant girl. Under an agreement with the family, they go to England, and as long as they stay there, they are to receive a regular allowance. But when the couple's home in Coventry is bombed, Emily demands to return home, and when they do Archy's family is outraged. Demanding a return on their agreement should the couple stay, they swiftly discover Emily's shrewdness. As she plays their nuisance value off against family relationships,events take some rather unexpected twists.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    10

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Ben Broom R.H. MacCandless
Hubert Dobie Walter B. Kennedy
Sarah Frailey Ella Boyd
Tom Frailey Jack Gavin
Rachel Broom Georgina Hadden
Austin Broom Henry Robinson
Barbara Broom Jean Woods
Archy Broom Joseph Tomelty
Emily Broom Elizabeth Begley
Landlady Mary Hughes
Foireann Léirithe  
Radharcphéintéir Henry Robinson
Bainisteoir Ginerálta Joseph Tomelty
Léirithe ag R.H. MacCandless
Bainisteoir Stáitse Dan Fitzpatrick
W. Erskine Mayne

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    The Old Broom: a Comedy in Three Acts

  • Bliain

    1947

  • Foilsithe ag

    Golden Eagle

  • Seoladh

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    Colin Smythe Ltd.

  • Seoladh

    P. O. Box 6, Gerrards Cross
    Buckinghamshire
    SL9 8XA
    England

  • Guthán

    +44 (0) 1753 886000

  • Ríomhphost

    cs@colinsmythe.co.uk

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, the published script, press cuttings and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.