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Bourke And Blake

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Kevin O'Connor
Setting

Office of the prison magazine, 1966; apartment, Moscow, 1967.
Synopsis

The story of Sean Bourke, convicted of bombing, and George Blake, convicted of spying.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

2
Total

2

Original Production

Date of First Production

05 February 1992
Production Notes
Produced by Portrait Theatre Company.
Original Venue

Focus Theatre

Original Cast
Sean Bourke	Vincent McCabe
George Blake	Owen Roe

Production Team
Director	Ronan Wilmot
Designer	David St. John Carlyle
Lighting	Dan Kenya
Costumes	Joan Bergin
Sound	Benny Lynch
Assistant Stage Manager	Claire Keegan
Photography	Conor Payne

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

Kevin O'Connor
Address

52 Edenvale Road, Ranelagh
Dublin 6
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+ 353 (0)86 8214288
Email

koconnord6@gmail.com

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Kevin O'Connor
Address

52 Edenvale Road, Ranelagh
Dublin 6
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+ 353 (0)86 8214288
Email

koconnord6@gmail.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.

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