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Sweeping the Country

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    William Paul 

  • Suíomh

    Oldtown, a typical country town in Ulster.

  • Nótaí

    The cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere productions. As such, they should be taken as approximate.

  • Achoimre

    The Earl of Glasnevin decides to sponsor an Irish National Regeneration Society to unite all parties on a common platform. Attempts to put the Society into practice turn sour as the town's two opposing factions, led by Paddy Doyle and Albert Barr, come to loggerheads. The best efforts of newly appointed chair James McKay prove fruitless, as the factions rapidly condemn the new society's efforts, and those of McKay himself, to failure. McKay eventually manages to find an excuse to renounce the entire project, and does so with relief.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    9

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
James McKay Gerald Macnamara
Mrs. Gray Mary Crothers
Andy Cunningham J.M. Harding
Arthur Vincent Jackson Grahame
Charlie Moore C.J. Abbey
Molly McKay Kathleen Lawrence
Mrs. McKay Evelyn Fitzgerald
Paddy Doyle Alan Whitley
Albert Barr John Field

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry has come from reviews of the premiere production, and from Margaret McHenry's 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland'.