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The Curse of the Lone Tree

A play in three acts

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    M. Eamon Dubhagan 

  • Setting

    The living-room of McCrudden's farmhouse.

  • Synopsis

    Misfortune and the 'torture of the damned' follows Joey when he cuts down a fairy tree.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    10

Original Production

Original Cast
Micky Maurice O'Callaghan
Tessie Anne Gavin
Mary Daphne May
Bridie McGlone Betsy Bogues
Felix Murphy Robert Dempster
Desmond McCrudden James Connolly (1)
Joey John F. Tyrone
Casy Elizabeth Begley
Phil Clerkin O' The Bottoms R.H. MacCandless
A Civic Guard Harry Blaney
Production Team
Director R.H. MacCandless
General Manager Joseph Tomelty
Stage Manager Dan Fitzpatrick
Chief Electrician Dan O'Connell (1)

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

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