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The House That Jack Built

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Cecil Cree 

  • Synopsis

    A play on the theme of local housing problems and double-dealing.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    14

  • Cast Size Female

    6

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Barney Bradley Maurice O'Callaghan
Nick Warnock R.H. MacCandless
Nancy Welsh Elizabeth Begley
Marie McCombe Beatrice Duffell
George Moorhead Joseph Tomelty
Willie Scott Jack O'Malley
Arthur Welsh James Connolly (1)
Jack Grey Arthur Ross
Minnie Orr Sheila Crawford
Betty Welsh Daphne May
Nan Kathleen Butler
Ted McVicker John Douglas
Alexander Linton T.J. McClinton
John Brown John Gerrard
Eliza Brown Kathleen Magowan
Hugh McDowell Jim Murphy
Jim McArthur Michael Hanley
Joe Semple Harold Keilty
Messenger Gerald Hickland
Reporter Irwin Baxter
Production Team  
Settings by Dan Fitzpatrick
General Manager Joseph Tomelty
Production by R.H. MacCandless
Chief Electrician Dan O'Connell (1)
Records and Reproduction W. Erskine Mayne

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, press cuttings, and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.