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Money

A Play in Two Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Hugh Quinn
Setting

Belfast
Notes

Published as 'Mrs McConaghy's Money'
Synopsis

A farce about a shrewd Belfast woman who develops an ingenious method of generating a comfortable income for herself by buying and trading life-insurance policies for unfortunates 'rescued' from the local workhouse.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

4
Female

5
Total

9

Original Production

Date of First Production

09 March 1931
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Micky McConachy	Michael J. Dolan
Mrs McConachy	May Craig
Bella McCann	Maureen Delaney
Mr Blaney	F J McCormick
Ducksy Duggan	Denis O'Dea
Liza	Shelah Richards
Sam Meehan, An Insurance Agent	P.J. Carolan
Rose O'Grady	Frollie Mulhern
Aggie	Kate Curling

Production Team
Produced by	Arthur Shields

Published Scripts

Title

Mrs McConaghy's Money and Other Plays
Year

1932
Published By

Constable & Co. Ltd
Address

London
England

Rights Information

Not Found

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.

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