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Nora Barnacle

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Maureen Charlton
Synopsis

A musical play on the lives and times of James Joyce and Nora Barnacle.
Play Type

Musical Theatre

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

2
Female

1
Total

3

Original Production

Date of First Production

30 September 1980
Producer

Produced by Dublin Theatre Festival
Original Venue

Eblana Theatre

Original Cast
James Joyce	Eoin White
Nora Barnacle	Betty James
Narrator	Noel Murphy

Production Team
Director	Bil Keating
Designer	Alan Farquharson
Lighting Designer	Bil Keating
Lighting	Paddy Scanlon
Choreographer	Mary McDonagh
Lyrics by	Maureen Charlton
Music by	Annette Perry
Music by	A J Potter
Musical Director	Leslie Cassidy
Musician	Niamh Cusack
Musician	Leslie Cassidy
Musician	Teddy Walsh
Musician	Bernard O'Reilly
Design Assistant	Denis Beale
Production Manager	Bryan O'Donoghue
Assistant Production Manager	Paul Mercier
Stage Manager	Tony Collins
Assistant Stage Manager	Jack Walsh
Assistant Stage Manager	Elizabeth Drwal
Assistant Stage Manager	Joan Sheehy
Production Assistant	Lucy Stanley
Set Construction	Pat Byrne

Unpublished Scripts

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Source Of Information

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

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