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Crabbed Youth and Age

A Little Comedy by Lennox Robinson

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Lennox Robinson
Setting

Mrs. Swan's Drawingroom last Sunday Evening
Synopsis

Mrs. Swan is an attractive widow with three young and eligible daughters, who flirts shamelessly with the three male suitors come to visit. Her daughters decide that something needs to be done to stop their mother from directing all the male attention to herself.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

One Act

Cast size

Male

3
Female

4
Total

7

Original Production

Date of First Production

14 November 1922
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Eileen Swan	May Craig
Dolly Swan	Eileen Crowe
Minnie Swan	Christine Hayden
Tommy Mims	Tony Quinn (1)
Gerald Booth	Gabriel J. Fallon
Charlie Duncan	P.J. Carolan
Mrs. Swan	Helena Molony

Production Team
Musical Director	Dr. J.F. Larchet
Produced by	Lennox Robinson
Company Manager	Lennox Robinson

Published Scripts

Title

Selected Plays of Lennox Robinson chosen and introduced by Christopher Murray
Year

1982
Published By

Colin Smythe Ltd.
Address

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

+ 44 1753 886000
Email

sales@colinsmythe.co.uk
Website

www.colinsmythe.co.uk
ISBN

0-86140-088-7
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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

The Abbey Theatre Archive
Address

Abbey and Peacock Theatres
26 Lower Abbey Street
Dublin 1
Republic of Ireland
Phone

00 353 1 887 2200
Email

info@abbeytheatre.ie
Website

www.abbeytheatre.ie

Source Of Information

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.

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