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Thompsons

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Martin Boylan
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

7
Female

1
Total

8

Original Production

Date of First Production

12 August 1981
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Venue Notes

Produced on the Peacock Stage.

Original Cast
Michael Kennedy	Donagh Deeney
Pat Thompson	Stephen Brennan (1)
Silver McNab	John Olohan
John Thompson	Peadar Lamb
Nuala Thompson	Fiona Mac Anna
Peter Crow	Geoff Golden
Dermot Thompson	Nicholas Grennell
Davy Thompson	Macdara Ó Fátharta

Production Team
Director	Art Ó Briain
Designer	Juliet Watkinson
Lighting	Leslie Scott
Design Assistant	Brien Fahey
Production Manager	Brian Collins
Stage Director	Caroline FitzGerald
Stage Manager	John Kells
Assistant Stage Manager	Pauline Metcalfe
Props Master	Stephen Molloy
Set Construction	Peter Rose
Wardrobe Supervisor	Anne Cave
Wardrobe Assistant	Lily Norton
Wardrobe Assistant	Anne Carroll

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

Martin Boylan
Address

67 Claremont Court, Finglas Road
Glasnevin
Dublin 11
Republic of Ireland
Phone

01-8307189
Email

martinboylan160@yahoo.ie

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Martin Boylan
Address

67 Claremont Court, Finglas Road
Glasnevin
Dublin 11
Republic of Ireland
Phone

01-8307189
Email

martinboylan160@yahoo.ie

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.

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