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Roger Casement

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Roger McHugh
Adapted / Translated From

Alfred Noyes
Author Notes
An adaptation of Noyes' book 'The Accusing Ghost or Justice for Casement (1957).
Synopsis

A play dealing with the events in Roger Casement's life, from his knighthood in 1911 to his execution for high treason in 1916.
Play Type

Adaptation/Translation

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

16
Female

3
Total

19

Original Production

Date of First Production

03 March 1958
Producer

Produced by Cyril Cusack Productions
Original Venue

Theatre Royal
Irish Premiere Notes

This production was staged to mark the grand re-opening of the Theatre Royal in the first week of March 1958. It transferred to the Gaiety in Dublin the following week, with some minor cast changes.

Original Cast
Sir Roger Casement	Cyril Cusack
Butler	G.H. Moore
Civil Servant	Peter Murray
Capt. Nodolmy	Charles Vance
Lieutenant Monteith	Laurence Elyan
Colonel	Edward Lexy
Waitress	Christine O'Dea
F.E. Smith	Emerton Court
Mrs. Morten	Ginette Waddell
John Morgan	Claude Jones
Waiter	Patrick Stephens
Colonel Berry	Charles McSheery
Gertrude Bannister	Maureen Cusack
Richard Morten	Gerard Healy
Chaplain	Milo O'Shea
First Warder	Paul Farrell
Civil Servant	David Basil-Gill
Capt. Von Haughwitz	John Molloy
Second Warder	G.H. Moore

Production Team
Director	Gerard Healy
Settings by	Liam Miller
Production Manager	Harry Webster
Stage Director	Maureen Roche
Assistant Stage Director	Betty Long
Stage Manager	Tom Jones
Wardrobe Mistress	Eileen Long
Chief Electrician	Harry Morrison
Secretary	Denise Browne

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)
Address

Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+353 1 6030200
Email

info@nli.ie
Website

www.nli.ie

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.