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On Such As We

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Billy Roche 

  • Setting

    A small town in Southern Ireland.

  • Synopsis

    Oweney's barber shop and the rooms to let above it offer refuge to a host of lonely hearts: a recently laid-off hotel night porter, an angry young artist, an orphan girl, a wounded old widower, a likeable bruiser and the beautiful Maeve. All of them, in their various ways, fall under Oweney's loving spell.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    5

  • Cast Size Female

    2

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Sally Pauline Hutton
Maeve Antoine Byrne
Richie Frank McDonald
Oweney Brendan Gleeson
Matt Jason Gilroy
Eddie David Herlihy
Leonard Laurence Kinlan
Production Team  
Director Wilson Milam
Set Designer Blaithin Sheerin
Lighting Designer Tina MacHugh
Costume Designer Catherine Fay
Costumes Abbey Theatre Wardrobe Department
Sound Dave Nolan
Stage Director Audrey Hession
Assistant Stage Manager Stephen Dempsey
Set Construction Abbey Theatre Workshop
Voice Coach Andrea Ainsworth

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION

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