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Separate Beds

A new Ulster comedy

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Sam Cree
Setting

The action of the play takes place in the lounge of the home of Arthur Marshall.
Synopsis

A comedy in which, the night before the wedding of the only daughter of the Marshall house, her mother arrives back after an absence of three years, with some unexpected results.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

4
Female

5
Total

9

Original Production

Date of First Production

19 August 1970
Producer

Produced by Belfast Arts Theatre
Original Venue

Belfast Arts Theatre

Original Cast
Judy Marshall	Stella McCusker
Madge Wilson	Roma Tomelty
Clare Marshall	Doreen Hepburn
Arthur Marshall	Maurice O'Callaghan
Sarah Rea	Sheila McGibbon
Ivy	Leila Webster
Andy Crawford	Arthur Ross
Alan Rea	William Walker
Rev. Matthew Gribble	Charles Armstrong

Production Team
Assistant Staging	Marianne Crosslé
Assistant Staging	Paul Evans
Decor by	John C. Burke
Governing Director	Hubert R. Wilmot
Production by	Hubert R. Wilmot
Stage Director	John C. Burke
Secretary	Dorothy M. Wilmot
Business Manager	Dorothy M. Wilmot

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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

Professional
Contact

Richard Mills
Address

258 Belvoir Drive,
Belfast
BT8 7DU
Northern Ireland
Phone

+44 (0)78 08583175
Email

rmills5588@aol.com
Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

Amateur
Contact

Drama League of Ireland
Address

Mill Theatre
Dundrum Town Centre
Dundrum, Dublin 16
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+353 (0)1 2969343
Email

office@dli.ie
Website

www.dli.ie

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has come from press cuttings, and from the original production programme held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

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