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Stop It Nurse

A New Ulster Comedy

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Sam Cree 

  • Setting

    The men's surgical ward of a large Belfast hospital.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    6

  • Cast Size Female

    7

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Dolores Marianne Crosslé
Sammy McCracken J.J. Murphy
Nurse Freda Ferguson Doreen Hepburn
Felix Devlin Maurice O'Callaghan
Martha Cooper Sheila McGibbon
Bert Cooper Jack McQuoid
Miss Cherry Leila Webster
Mad McGurk John Burke
Harold Smiley Charles Armstrong
Nurse Holmes Laura Hunter
Ward Sister Eleanor Tinto
Ward Orderly Roy Dunn
Phyllis Russell Virginia Dunphy
Production Team  
Assistant Staging Marianne Crosslé
Assistant Staging Roy Dunn
Decor by John C. Burke
Production by Hubert R. Wilmot
Stage Director John C. Burke
Scenic Construction Paddy O'Hare
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RIGHTS INFORMATION

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    Professional

  • Contact

    Richard Mills

  • Address

    258 Belvoir Drive,
    Belfast
    BT8 7DU
    Northern Ireland

  • Phone

    +44 (0)78 08583175

  • Email

    rmills5588@aol.com

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    Amateur

  • Contact

    Drama League of Ireland

  • Address

    Mill Theatre
    Dundrum Town Centre
    Dundrum, Dublin 16
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    +353 (0)1 2969343

  • Email

    office@dli.ie

  • Website

    www.dli.ie

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

Information for this entry has come from the original production programme, held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.