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The Avenger

An Irish Ghost Story

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Christine Longford 

  • Athchóirithe/ Aistrithe ó

    J. Sheridan Le Fanu

  • Suíomh

    The action takes place in a ruinous castle of the De Lacys in the mountains near Limerick. The period is 1746 immediately after the failure of the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland.

  • Achoimre

    Based on J. Sheridan Le Fanu's ghost story, Colonel Ultor De Lacy appoints himself the Avenger for perceived disloyalties perpetrated against his family, but there is another who seeks vengeance, the Man in Spanish Dress, this time the target are the de Lacys themselves.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Athchóiriú/Aistriúchán

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    9

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
A Man in Spanish Dress Christopher Casson
Una Cathleen Delany
Alice Doris Finn
Peg Sullivan Nora O'Mahony
Father Denis John Biggerstaff
Larry Ryan John Kelly (1)
Colonel Ultor De Lacy T. St. John Barry
Sean Mulryan Pat Turner
The Chevalier Philippe de Beaupré Dermot Walsh
Foireann Léirithe  
Carl Bonn
Cultacha Lord Longford
Ceoltóir Gretta Smith
Ceoltóir Alice Brough
Ceoltóir Margaret McNamee
Léirithe ag John Izon
Bainisteoir Lord Longford
Rúnaí Maureen Naish-Gray

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    Lady Boyd

  • Seoladh

    Ince Castle
    Saltash
    Cornwall
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)1752 842 672

  • Ríomhphost

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Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme