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An Chomhairle Ealaíon Playography In English

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or The Doctor's Delight
A Comedy in Three Acts.

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  • Drámadóir

    Tom Purefoy 

  • Suíomh

    Jack Holland's Flat.
    The Nightingale Nursing Home
    Morning-room in Mrs. Burton's house.

  • Achoimre

    A light satrire on the medical profession moving into the same ground furrowed by Shaw's 'A Doctor's Dilemma'. Jack Holland becomes such a hypochondriac that he winds up in a nursing home.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    12

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    06 July 1942

  • Nótaí faoin Léiriú

    The Pictures in Act 1 by Dolly Robinson and Norah McGuinness. Surgical Equipment by Fannin & Co., Grafton Street.
  • Leiriú

    Presented by Gaiety Theatre Ltd

  • Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

    Gaiety Theatre

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Wilson Aiden Grennell
Dr. McWhinney Emil Slotover
The Barber Tom Daly
Sister Buckley Sheila Walsh
Frank Elderton Adam Ray
Mabel Burton Hazel Malcolm
Jack Holland Dennis Barry
Doctor Mullett Robert Hennessy (1)
Nurse O'Kelly Una Collins
Arthur Burton Leo McCabe
George Watson Harry Brogan
Deborah Burton Edith Lemass
Foireann Léirithe  
Dearthóir Seit Robert Heade
Léirithe ag Lennox Robinson

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.