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An Chomhairle Ealaíon Playography In English

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Mountain Flood

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Jack P. Cunningham 

  • Nótaí Faoin Údar

    Cunningham's play was a winning entry in an Abbey Theatre Playwriting compettition.
  • Suíomh

    Set in a wild and boggy district of North Mayo, sometime around 1900.

  • Achoimre

    A drunken poteen brewer murders his drunken elder brother and blames it on an innocent man, also drunk at the time. He very nearly gets away with it too, until in a fit of temper he shoves a hayfork through the side of Thomasheen Sweeney's dog, and Thomasheen, who happened to witness the killing, lets the cat out of the bag.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    4

  • Female

    1

  • Total

    5

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Unspecified Character(s) Harry Brogan
Unspecified Character(s) Micheál Ó hAonghusa
Unspecified Character(s) Brid Lynch
Unspecified Character(s) Brian O'Higgins
Unspecified Character(s) Walter Macken

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from press cuttings. Additional information, including crew credits, will be added at a future date if an original production programme is located in an archive.