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Stop It Nurse

A New Ulster Comedy

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Sam Cree
Setting

The men's surgical ward of a large Belfast hospital.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

6
Female

7
Total

13

Original Production

Date of First Production

12 August 1968
Producer

Produced by Belfast Arts Theatre
Original Venue

Belfast Arts Theatre

Original Cast
Dolores	Marianne Crosslé
Ward Orderly	Roy Dunn
Ward Sister	Eleanor Tinto
Nurse Holmes	Laura Hunter
Harold Smiley	Charles Armstrong
Mad McGurk	John Burke
Miss Cherry	Leila Webster
Bert Cooper	Jack McQuoid
Martha Cooper	Sheila McGibbon
Felix Devlin	Maurice O'Callaghan
Nurse Freda Ferguson	Doreen Hepburn
Sammy McCracken	J.J. Murphy
Phyllis Russell	Virginia Dunphy

Production Team
Assistant Staging	Marianne Crosslé
Assistant Staging	Roy Dunn
Decor by	John C. Burke
Production by	Hubert R. Wilmot
Stage Director	John C. Burke
Scenic Construction	Paddy O'Hare

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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 the original production programme, held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

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