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The Slough

A Play in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Andrew Patrick Wilson
Setting

The Dublin tenements, 1913
Synopsis

A play about the General Strike of 1913 and of how it ultimately led to failure.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

11
Female

4
Total

15

Original Production

Date of First Production

20 October 1914
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Jack Hanlon	Philip Guiry
Margaret Kelly	Nora Desmond
Comittee Member	Michael Conniffe
Comittee Member	J F Barlow
Comittee Member	Thomas O'Neill
Annie Hanlon	Kathleen Drago
Strike Leader	Andrew Patrick Wilson
Comittee Member	J A O'Rourke
Comittee Member	J M Kerrigan
Comittee Member	Sydney J Morgan
Edward Kelly	H E Hutchinson
Peter Hanlon	Arthur Sinclair
Tom Robinson	Fred O'Donovan (1)
Peg	Eithne Magee
Mary Hanlon	Maura O'Byrne

Production Team
Produced by	Andrew Patrick Wilson

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, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.

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