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The Canavans

A Comedy in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Lady Gregory
Setting

Irish Village in Elizabethan times
Synopsis

A miller, Peter Canavan, struggles to stay away from the gallows as the return of his brother Anthony, a deserter from the Queen's army, brings trouble upon him.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

3
Female

2
Total

5

Original Production

Date of First Production

24 November 1906
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Widow Deeny	Máire O'Neill (1)
Captain Headley	Arthur Sinclair
Antony Canavan	J A O'Rourke
Peter Canavan	W.G. Fay
Widow Greely	Brigid O'Dempsey

Published Scripts

Title

Irish Folk History Plays Vol. 2/ by Lady Gregory
Year

1912
Published By

Putnam, G.P.
Address

London
England

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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