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Here's Your Uncle George!

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Peter Powell 

  • Setting

    The scene throughout is the drawing-room of the Mervyn Over-Livesy's house in Hampstead.

  • Synopsis

    No synopsis available

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    7

  • Total

    14

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    June 1939

  • Production Notes

    Furniture kindly supplied by Messrs. Edward Lee & Co., Mary Street, Dublin. Lighting Equipment by Strand Electric Co., Talbot Street, Dublin. Sweet Afton Cigarettes kindly supplied by Messrs. P.J. Carroll & Co.

  • Producer

    Presented by Longford Productions

  • Original Venue

    Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata

Original Cast
Zazu Cathleen Delany
Claud Basil Lord
Boris Arbuthnot-John Michael Ripper
Mervyn Over-Livesy Noel Illiff
Mary Over-Livesy Vivien Dillon
Clarissa Arbuthnot-John Doris Cloghran
George Arbuthnot-John Hamlyn Benson
Maisie McLaughlin Jean Anderson
Iris Nora O'Mahony
Alexandrina Arbuthnot-John Ann Penhallow
Hecuba Arbuthnot-John Doris Finn
Bert Wm. Van Craen
Frank Over-Livesy Ronald Ibbs
Tommy Over-Livesy Charles Blair
Production Team
Director Peter Powell
Settings by Peter Powell
Musician Alice Brough
Musician Annie McNally
Musician Gretta Smith
Manager Lord Longford
Stage Director Basil Lord
Assistant Stage Director Doris Cloghran
Stage Manager Cecil Brock
Set Painter Eric Adeney
Wardrobe Mistress Christina Keely
Wardrobe Supervisor Nancy Beckh
Chief Electrician Patrick Long
Secretary Maureen Naish-Gray
Carpenter Michael Lambert

Unpublished Scripts

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme