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Bannister's Cafe

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Harry Sinton Gibson 

  • Notes

    The cast and character lists for this entry are drawn from reviews of the premiere production. As such, cast size details should be taken as approximate.

  • Synopsis

    When Bannister's cafe is established by the diplomatic son of a hard-headed father who is rather set in his ways, two proposals of marriage result.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    8

Original Production

Original Cast  
Unspecified Character(s) Margaret D'Arcy
Walter Bannister Patrick Magee
John Bannister R.H. MacCandless
Unspecified Character(s) Elizabeth Begley
Unspecified Character(s) Joseph Tomelty
Unspecified Character(s) James Young
Peter Dunnigan Jack O'Malley
Unspecified Character(s) Sheila Crawford
Production Team  
Producer Harold Goldblatt

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Group Plays 1:Seven Comedies/ edited and introduced by Hugh Odling-Smee

  • Year

    2009

  • Published By

    Lagan Press

  • Address

    7 Lower Crescent
    Belfast BT7 1NR
    Co. Antrim
    Northern Ireland

  • ISBN

    9781904652311

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Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from press cuttings, and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.