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The Last Coyne of Kinnehalla

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Richard Rowley 

  • Setting

    Scene: The kitchen of Kinnehalla Lodge, County Down. Time: During the "Trouble".

  • Synopsis

    It is the night before the marriage of Piers Coyne, the Unionist holder of Kinnehalla Lodge. Three people sitting round the fire in a County Down kitchen and ponder the tragedy which has befallen the Coyne family down the generations. Centuries earlier, his ancestors had forced an Irish chieftain’s red-haired daughter into an unwilling strategic marriage, with tragic consequences. Now, Piers Coyne has fallen for a red-haired descendent of that same chieftain – and now, as then, shots will ring out on the eve of the wedding.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    One Act

  • Cast Size Male

    1

  • Cast Size Female

    2

Original Production

Original Cast  
Sally Beatrice Duffell
Nannie Olga Fielden
Annalong Arthur W.A. Stewart

Unpublished Scripts

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Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the company programme, held at Belfast's Linen Hall Library Theatre Archive, and from press cuttings sourced for this project.