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Fox and Geese

A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    S.R. Day  G D Cummins 

  • Setting

    Rural Ireland.

  • Synopsis

    A play about a wealthy bachelor with a number of spinsters lining up to take his hand (and his fortune) in marriage. A ghost, meanwhile, intervenes and tries to convince the bachelor to marry the one that he himself admires.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    8

Original Production

Original Cast
Biddy Maguire Maureen Delaney
Maurice Downey Arthur Shields
Timothy James Maguire Peter Nolan
May Fitzgibbon Irene Kelly
Malachi Phelan Fred O'Donovan (1)
John Fitzgibbon Louis O'Connor
Katie Downey Dorothy Lynd

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Fox and Geese, a comedy in 3 acts, by SR Day and GD Cummins

  • Year

    1917

  • Published By

    Maunsel

  • Address

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

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