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The Rune of Healing

A Tragedy in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

John Guinan
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

3
Female

3
Total

6

Original Production

Date of First Production

09 February 1931
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Rody Meara	Michael J. Dolan
Becky Fagan	May Craig
Julia Meara	Maureen Delaney
Dudly Fagan	F J McCormick
Felix Fagan	Arthur Shields
Delia Meara	Shelah Richards

Production Team
Assistant Director	Arthur Shields
Produced by	Lennox Robinson
Stage Manager	Arthur Shields

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)
Address

Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+353 1 6030200
Email

info@nli.ie
Website

www.nli.ie

Rights Information

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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.

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