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Wind From the West

A Comedy in Three Acts

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

Maeve O'Callaghan
Achoimre

A farce about an Irish doctor living in a sleepy English town.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

5
Female

5
Total

10

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

30 November 1936
Leiriú

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Kate Kiernan	Ria Mooney
Policeman	J. Winter
Josie Joyce	Shelah Richards
Stephen Joyce	Arthur Shields
Carpet-Layer	Austin Meldon
Mrs. Kelleher	Christine Hayden
David Kelleher	W. O'Gorman
Nellie	Ann Clery
Dr. Tom Dillon	Eric Gorman
Rebecca	Frollie Mulhern

Foireann Léirithe
	Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Léirithe ag	Hugh Hunt

Scripteanna Neamhfhoilsithe

Contact

National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)
Seoladh

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Republic of Ireland
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+353 1 6030200
Ríomhphost

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Gan Aimsiú

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.

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