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Widows' Paradise

A New Ulster Comedy

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Sam Cree
Setting

The action takes place in a caravan somewhere in the Ards peninsula.
Synopsis

A farce in which five women travel to stay in a caravan in the Ards peninsula, some trying to get away from their male partners and others hoping to find some.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

5
Female

5
Total

10

Original Production

Date of First Production

05 September 1966
Producer

Produced by Belfast Arts Theatre
Original Venue

Belfast Arts Theatre

Original Cast
Harry Bradshaw	J.J. Murphy
Rachel Cathcart	Jill Lemon
Ruby Dempsey	Anne Spence
Wilfred McNeilly	Charles Armstrong
Sylvia Dempsey	Yvonne Adams
John McGonigle	Sean Reid
Lucy McGarry	Leila Webster
Alan Bradshaw	Mark Mulholland
Ernest Gillespie	Maurice O'Callaghan
Vanessa Burton	Eleanor Tinto

Production Team
Assistant Staging	Frances Tomelty
Director	Hubert R. Wilmot
Set Designer	John C. Burke
Governing Director	Hubert R. Wilmot
Stage Director	John C. Burke
Scenic Construction	Paddy O'Hare
Secretary	Dorothy M. Wilmot
Business Manager	Dorothy M. Wilmot

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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

Professional
Contact

Richard Mills
Address

258 Belvoir Drive,
Belfast
BT8 7DU
Northern Ireland
Phone

+44 (0)78 08583175
Email

rmills5588@aol.com
Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

Amateur
Contact

Drama League of Ireland
Address

Mill Theatre
Dundrum Town Centre
Dundrum, Dublin 16
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+353 (0)1 2969343
Email

office@dli.ie
Website

www.dli.ie

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has been drawn from press reviews, and from the original programme, held at the Linen Hall Library's Theatre and Performing Arts Archive.

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