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Mount Lawless

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Christine Longford 

  • Setting

    Set in the 'Big House' somewhere in Ireland.

  • Synopsis

    Squire Lawless has taken a finacial tumble on the horses and is consoling himself with the Bottle. Mount Lawless is decaying and has sunk to the new low of taking in paying guests. Squire Lawless is now being haunted by the ghost of St. Broney(a fetish of the very unfriendly natives) becuase he had removed a stone cross that was hers.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    8

Original Production

Original Cast  
Old Servant John Cowley
Unspecified Character(s) Joan O'Rourke
Anglo-Indian Widow Iris Lawler
Rector Fergus Cogley
Doctor Charles Mitchel
Unspecified Character(s) Rita Foran
Sir Richard Lawless Maurice O'Brien (1)
Unspecified Character(s) Michael Davison
Production Team  
Settings by Alpho O'Reilly
Produced by Maurice O'Brien (1)

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Lady Boyd

  • Address

    Ince Castle
    Saltash
    Cornwall
    England

  • Phone

    + 44 (0)1752 842 672

  • Email

    boydince@aol.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the press cuttings of the time.