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A Sunset Touch

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Michael Mulvihill 

  • Synopsis

    In 1940's Ireland, Tuberculosis was the great leveller. The Minister for Health ordered the building of sanatoria around the country to cope with the spread of the discease. Mulvihill places five men from very different backgrounds in one such TB ward and lets the drama unfold.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    10

  • Female

    7

  • Total

    17

Original Production

Original Cast  
Nurse Bella Coakley Geraldine Plunkett
Hospital Orderly Eoin Ó Súilleabháin
Noreen Tobin Eileen Lemass
Jim Coleman Vincent Dowling
Martin Brett Pat Layde
Dismal Dan Philip O'Flynn
Medical Superintendent Micheál Ó hAonghusa
Grocer's Curate Micheál Ó Briain
Maurice Toibín Geoff Golden
Dr. Curran Edward Golden
Charlie Doolin Bill Foley
Matron Máire Ní Dhomhnaill
Sheila Doolan Aideen O'Kelly
Ward Sister Angela Newman
Nurse Penelope O'Flaherty Kathleen Barrington
Larry Dalton Pat Laffan
Night Supervisor Ciara O'Sullivan(1)
Production Team  
Settings by Tomás Mac Anna
Produced by Frank Dermody

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