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In Donegall Square

An Ulster Comedy

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Jack Loudan 

  • Adapted / Translated From

    Phillip Stuart

  • Setting

    The millinery and gown shop, Pembroke's, Donegall Square, Belfast.

  • Notes

    Adapted from the play 'Nine Till Six' by Aimee and Philip Stuart.

  • Synopsis

    Set in a Belfast gown shop, this play focuses on the ambitions and experiences of a range of women from very different backgrounds who seek to earn their own living while yearning for some excitement in their lives.

  • Play Type

    Adaptation/Translation

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Female

    13

  • Total

    13

Original Production

Original Cast  
Daisy Catherine Gibson
Judy Patricia McLean
Lady Avonlaye Grace Hitt
Brigid Penarth Frances Gregg
Miss Roberts Phyllis Nightingale
Maureen Simpson Kathleen Feenan
Mrs. Pembroke Gwyndolyn Stewart
Violet Jean Lundy
Clare Pembroke Irene Bingham
Ma'm'selle Lucie Young
Freda Elizabeth Begley
Beatrice Diane Johnston
Production Team  
Settings by Dan Fitzpatrick
Lighting Brian O'Connor
General Manager Harold Goldblatt
Produced by Elizabeth Begley
Stage Manager Dan Fitzpatrick
Assistant Stage Manager Joan Keenan
Effects Joan Keenan
Records and Reproduction W. Erskine Mayne
House Manager Maurice O'Callaghan

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Source Of Information

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