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An Chomhairle Ealaíon Playography In English

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Dark Waters

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Dorothy Macardle 

  • Suíomh

    The West of Ireland

  • Nótaí

    According to Cathy Leeney (' Irish Women Playwrights, 1900-1939': Peter Lang, 2010), the original manuscript for 'Dark Waters' has never been found. The same is true of many of Macardle's plays, possibly, as Leeney suggests, because her personal papers were destroyed by her younger brother after her death in 1958.

  • Achoimre

    Oliver Carmichael is an invalid who gradually becomes obsessed with the prophecies of familial doom set down by a long-dead ancestor in his manuscripts. One day Oliver's daughter Una sees in her mirror the haunted face of a future lover who is destined to cause her pain...

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    4

  • Female

    2

  • Total

    6

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Oliver Carmichael Hilton Edwards
Roland Carmichael Micheál Mac Liammóir
Una Carmichael Betty Chancellor
Bridget Meriel Moore
Doctor Dermot O'Mara Robert Hennessy (1)
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Hilton Edwards
Dearthóir Seit Micheál Mac Liammóir

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from press cuttings and from Cathy Leeney's 2010 volume 'Irish Women Playwrights 1900-1939'.