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Damer's Gold

A Comedy in Two Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Lady Gregory
Setting

The kitchen in Damer's house.
Synopsis

Damer is a miserable old man who inspires little affection among his relatives. His stock of gold, however, interests them greatly...
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

4
Female

1
Total

5

Original Production

Date of First Production

21 November 1912
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Simon Niland	Udolphus Wright
Patrick Kirwin	Arthur Sinclair
Staffy Kirwin	Sydney J Morgan
Ralph Hessian	J M Kerrigan
Delia Hessian	Sara Allgood

Production Team
Produced by	Lennox Robinson

Published Scripts

Title

Damer's Gold; A comedy in two acts
Year

2011
Published By

Publisher not found
Address

England
ISBN

978-1247175881
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Rights Information

Copyright Expired

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.

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