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Fiddler's Folly

A Comedy in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Lynn Doyle 

  • Synopsis

    Dreamer Robert Martin is unhappily married to a domineering wife, and seeks escape by running away with their servant girl and opening a shop.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    6

  • Total

    12

Original Production

Original Cast
Nellie Green Margaret D'Arcy
Mrs. Martin Gertrude Russell
Alex Martin William Millar
Mrs. McAuliffe Elizabeth McKeown
Mr. Richardson T.J. McClinton
Mrs. O'Gorman Sheila Crawford
Henry Grant John F. Tyrone
Robert Martin R.H. MacCandless
Rector Harold Goldblatt
Miss Dogan Nancy Cullen
Miss Blue Catherine Gibson
Master McAuliffe Junior Butten
Production Team
Settings by Dan Fitzpatrick
Tune for Fiddle Maurice O'Callaghan
Produced by Harold Goldblatt
Effects Joan Keenan
Wardrobe Catherine Sumerton
Chief Electrician Dan O'Connell (1)
House Manager Maurice O'Callaghan

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    Lynn Doyle Archive, Belfast Central Library

  • Address

    Belfast Ulster and Irish Studies Department,
    Royal Avenue
    Belfast
    Northern Ireland

  • Phone

    +44 (0)28 9050 9150

  • Email

    buis@libraries.belfast-elb.gov.uk

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Source Of Information

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