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The Mineral Workers

A Play in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

William Boyle
Synopsis

A play about the struggle between rural values and industrial development.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

8
Female

3
Total

11

Original Production

Date of First Production

20 October 1906
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Patrick	Udolphus Wright
Mary	Alice O'Sullivan
Dan Fogarty	W.G. Fay
Ned Mulroy	Arthur Power
Dick	J F Barlow
Mrs Walton	Sara Allgood
Uncle Bartle	J A O'Rourke
Sir Thomas Musgrove	Arthur Sinclair
Kitty	Máire O'Neill (1)
Stephen J O'Reilly	Frank Fay
Mr Casey	Harry Young

Published Scripts

Title

The Mineral Workers: A Play in Four Acts/ by William Boyle
Year

1910
Published By

M H Gill and Son Ltd
Address

Republic of Ireland

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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