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The Seventh Step

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Padraic Fallon
Setting

Set in a town in the South of Ireland, April 1922.
Synopsis

The play takes as its background Aeschylus' Agamemnon plays.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

7
Female

3
Total

10

Original Production

Date of First Production

24 May 1954
Producer

Presented by Illsley-McCabe Productions In association with The Globe Theatre Company
Original Venue

3Olympia Theatre

Original Cast
Nesta	Blanaid Irvine
Captain Meldon	Reginald Synott
Lady Ann	Pamela Duncan
Egan Somers	Michael Murray(3)
Alice	Genevieve Lyons
Commandant Delahunty	Norman Rodway
General Mannion	Denis Brennan
The Mayor	Brian O'Higgins
Captain Courtney	Godfrey Quigley
Captain Carmichael	Patrick Stephens

Production Team
Settings by	Michael O'Herlihy
Lighting	Michael O'Herlihy
Sound	Gene Martin
Production by	Larry Morrow
Stage Management	Cepta Fennelli
Stage Management	Sheila Duncan
Stage Manager	Herbert Carroll
Chief Electrician	Fred Beasley

Unpublished Scripts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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