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Wind From the West

A Comedy in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Maeve O'Callaghan 

  • Synopsis

    A farce about an Irish doctor living in a sleepy English town.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    5

  • Cast Size Female

    5

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Kate Kiernan Ria Mooney
Dr. Tom Dillon Eric Gorman
Nellie Ann Clery
David Kelleher W. O'Gorman
Mrs. Kelleher Christine Hayden
Carpet-Layer Austin Meldon
Stephen Joyce Arthur Shields
Josie Joyce Shelah Richards
Policeman J. Winter
Rebecca Frollie Mulhern
Production Team  
Settings by Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Produced by Hugh Hunt

UNPUBLISHED SCRIPTS

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Address

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    +353 1 6030200

  • Email

    info@nli.ie

  • Website

    www.nli.ie

RIGHTS INFORMATION

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.