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Give Him a House

A Comedy in Three Acts.

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    George Shiels 

  • Suíomh

    The back parlour/kitchen of Hooey's house.

  • Achoimre

    The premise of this drama-comedy comes from the old Chinese proverb that the best way of dealing with an unruly son is to give him a house. The son in this case is more interested in labour agitation and Communism rather than in embracing his other adult responsibilities, so his mother stumbles upon an idea...

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

    • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    13

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Pat Hooey Cyril Cusack
Danny Joseph Linnane
Mr. Kandy P.H. Considine
Joseph Magrady J. Winter
Gerty Cathleen Fawsitt
Archy W. O'Gorman
Kate Gertrude Quinn
Mrs. Hooey Sheila Ward
Sam Wilson Seamus Healy
Father Hope Eric Gorman
Dorothy Ria Mooney
Josephine Brid Lynch
Henry McManus Frank Biggar
Foireann Léirithe  
Gearoid Ó hIceadha
Léirithe ag Frank Dermody
Péintéir Seit Anne Yeats
Rúnaí Eric Gorman

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Give Him A House: A Comedy in Three Acts/ by George Shiels

  • Bliain

    1947

  • Foilsithe ag

    Golden Eagle

  • Seoladh

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Seoladh

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Guthán

    +353 1 6030200

  • Ríomhphost

    info@nli.ie

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.nli.ie

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

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from press cuttings.