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Dervorgilla

A Tragedy in One Act

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Lady Gregory 

  • Suíomh

    Outside the Abbey of Mellifont, Near Drogheda. Time 1193.

  • Achoimre

    Dervorgilla betrays her husband, O'Rourke of Breffney, by going off to live with Diarmaid MacMorrough. It is Diarmaid, in turn, whose actions bring the Normans into the country and change the course of Irish history forever.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Aon-ghníomh

    • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    9

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Flann Frank Fay
Mona Máire O'Neill (1)
Other young men and girls Arthur Sinclair
Owen J M Kerrigan
Other young men and girls J A O'Rourke
Dervorgilla Sara Allgood
Wandering Songmaker or Jester W.G. Fay
Mamie Brigid O'Dempsey
Other young men and girls Kathleen Mullamphy

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Selected Plays of Lady Gregory

  • Bliain

    1993

  • Foilsithe ag

    Colin Smythe Ltd.

  • Seoladh

    P.O. Box 6
    Gerrards Cross
    Buckinghamshire SL9 8XA
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 1753 886000

  • Ríomhphost

    sales@colinsmythe.co.uk

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.colinsmythe.co.uk

  • ISBN

    0-86140-100-X

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  • Teideal

    Irish Folk History Plays Vol. 2/ by Lady Gregory

  • Bliain

    1912

  • Foilsithe ag

    Putnam, G.P.

  • Seoladh

    London
    England

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