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God's Gentry

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Donagh MacDonagh 

  • Setting

    The little village of Knockaderry. The present.

  • Synopsis

    A verse comedy about 'God's Gentry', people who travel about the countryside and live a carefree life of celebration. Taking over the country for a year's carousal, they select the ancient God Balor to become their President, and he comes out of 1500 years' rest to preside over the good times. When stocks of food and drink run low, however, Balor is rejected, and the old order is eventually restored.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    9

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    14

Original Production

Original Cast  
Marks Mongan James Greene
Betsy Connors Isabel Gamble
Mogue Ward John Burke
Meg Ward Eileen O'Brien Peters
Molly Ward Joan Moore
Petronius Ward James C. Johnson
Harry Ward John Hobson
Mary Melody Molly Fenton
Balor of the Evil Eye Hubert R. Wilmot
Guard G.A. Charters
John Melody Terence Pim
Nora Melody Patricia Calderwood
Sergeant James Ellis
Adolf Ward Michael Hanley
Production Team  
Set Designer J. Kenneth Jamison
Lighting Hubert R. Wilmot
Arrangement of songs and music Eileen O'Brien Peters
Production by Hubert R. Wilmot
Stage Manager John Burke
Assistant Stage Manager Michael Hanley
Set Painter J. Kenneth Jamison
Chief Electrician Fintan Vallely
Business Manager Dorothy M. Wilmot

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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.